South Colonnade
Standing on the seaward side of Marina, this was completed in 1828 as a unit of shops in front of the Marina façade, opposite the corner where Marine Court would later be built; this now-lost arcade was very likely some or the earliest buildings in St. Leonards[1]; the first infant born in St. Leonards was certainly born here - a daughter, Emma, to Thos. and Martha Robyant Mawle on the 6th of April 1828[2]. In 1837, Brett in his manuscript histories gives the occupiers as follows;George Viner (grocer), Welsted and Chandler (painters), Newton Parks (butcher), T. B. Williams (baker), A. Walter (greengrocer), T. Price (fishmonger) at number 7; still listed as being there in 1866[3], J. Job (watchmaker), E. Waghorne (butcher), B. P. Smith (chemist), H. Beck (draper) and T. Brown (wine-merchant).
The colonnade was subsequently improved in 1862, when the previous brick and stucco pillars that supported what Brett described as an 'all but useless facade' were replaced with a series of cast-iron columns that offered less impediment to passing traffic and around the same time, the small apartments above the shops were almost doubled in size[4].
The Colonnade was at the mercy of the sea and suffered damage in the following storms Storm of 1877 & Storm of 1890 and was demolished in 1928.
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CDV.-South-Colonnade.-1880
Marina.-1881.-Westgarth-Hotel-was-demolished-for-the-building-of-Marine-Court.
Marina-Beach.-1895.-Showing-South-Colonade-top-left.
South Colonnade c1905 - ESCC - Broderick Collection
1909-by-the-South-Colonnade.
South-Colonade-Marina.-1920
| Occupier | Number | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| T. Price (fishmonger) | 7 |
References & Notes
- ↑ Brett Manuscript Histories Vol. 1 Chap. 1
- ↑ Brett Manuscript Histories Vol. 1 Chap. 1
- ↑ British Newspaper Archive Hastings & St. Leonards Observer 20 November 1866 Pg. 0001
- ↑ Brett Manuscript Histories Vol. 10 Chap. 64 Pg. 89
