Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's plans to demolish 122-year-old bath hous

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A poster has been put up with his band's lyrics, protesting the plans
The rocker has put in over 20 planning applications relating to the site
His wife Polly Sansom has reportedly 'fallen in love' with the property
The protest group want to put heritage features in the original building

Published: 09:24 EST, 6 September 2016 | Updated: 11:20 EST, 6 September 2016

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Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's plans to build a luxury home on the site of a 122-year-old bath house have sparked outrage from residents who see a dark side to the plans.

The proposals have led to a poster being put up proclaiming 'we don't need no demolition, we don't need no thoughtless plans', a nod to lyrics from Another Brick In The Wall.

The note, which asks Mr Gilmour to 'leave our 'hood alone', is signed off by the words 'Save Hove from property tycoons'.

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David Gilmour is seeking to build a new home for their eight children on the site of Medina House in Hove, East Sussex

The proposals have sparked a protest, in the form of a poster proclaiming 'we don't need no demolition, we don't need no thoughtless plans', a nod to lyrics from Another Brick In The Wall.

The 70-year-old rocker and his wife, author Polly Samson, 54, are seeking to build a new home for their eight children on the site of Medina House in Hove, East Sussex, yards from their current home.

The protest group want to keep the form of the original building and incorporate heritage features from it.

The bath house was closed in the 1940s and the building was deployed as a makeshift hospital during the Second World War.

Polly Samson (left) moved to the city in 2009 and is said to have been keen to restore the building to its former glory before architectural reviews revealed that it is not salvageable

Mrs Samson moved to the city in 2009 and is said to have been keen to restore the building to its former glory before architectural reviews revealed that it is not salvageable.

Squatters from an art group called Chalk Circle occupied the building in 1999 and were allowed to stay there until 2006, when they were evicted due to complaints from residents about noise and rubbish.

The building was damaged by fire in 2013 and 2014, with the latter blaze initially assessed as arson by the fire service.

Mrs Samson bought the property in October last year for a seven figure fee from developer Sirus Taghan, who had owned it for 16 years.

He had been unsuccessful with 20 different planning applications related to the site, including for a block of 11 flats.

Keb Garavito-Bruhn, partner at London-based Pilbrow & Partners, said that Mrs Samson had 'fallen in love' with the property.

The bath house, seen here in its glory days, was closed in the 1940s and the building and became a makeshift hospital in the Second World War

The couple had been unsuccessful with 20 different planning applications related to the site, including for a block of 11 flats

He said: 'Her ambition was to keep it and convert it into a family home and we have been working on plans with them for over a year.

'Our plans are to rebuild Medina House, keeping the form of the original and incorporating heritage features, like glazed tiles from the old bath house.

'A private home for Polly and her family, our design adapts the form and fabric of the original to its new use with contemporary sustainable construction.

'We have been talking to neighbours and the council about these ideas and now look forward to presenting them to the community.'

A planning application for the new development could be submitted imminently and work on the new home could begin in spring next year.