Mitre
Opening in 1881 at 56 High Street, this hotel under Frederick Spencer Tritton with a confectioners and restaurant on the ground floor[1]. During the early 20th century, there was a club, the Mitre Social and Musical Club which met regularly at the inn[2]. The Mitre had a chequered life, but finally closed in 1930. It tottered on as a café or restaurant throughout the war and into the 1950s. A spell as a second-hand furniture shop followed, “Ye Old Mitre”, then “Mitre Fermor Galleries”, an antique shop[1].
It reopened as the “Mitre restaurant in 1975, then transformed into Briefs Wine Bar. In 1986 it became the business it is today, Porters Wine Bar[1].
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High-Street.-1902
Mitre-High-Street-1920
High-Street-c1928.
Mitre, High Street c1950
- ↑ a b c Bob Wilcock via email
- ↑ British Newspaper Archive Hastings & St. Leonards Observer 17 March 1900 Pg. 0003
