Complex sentence: This industrial site with tall chimney and two modest gasometers next to the churchyard was a considerable intrusion on the populace of Hove, but not for still-distant and rapidly-growing Brighton, the main centre of consumption.
Split into simpler sentences: This industrial site with tall chimney and two modest gasometers next to the churchyard was a considerable intrusion on the populace of Hove. But not for still-distant and rapidly-growing Brighton, the main centre of consumption.