Bexhill Buildings

The Town Hall was built in 1894 and opened in 1895 by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Joseph Renals. The memorial to Henry Lane in the middle of Town Hall Square was unveiled in 1898. Lane was known as ‘the father of local government in Bexhill’ and died in 1895. The time-line for the […]

In 1893, a Catholic Mission Hall was founded in the town – it included a small church and a school house. The aim, however, was to build a proper church and a site was found, on the corner of Magdalen Road and Sea Road. The money was raised and the Roman Catholic Church of St

This was an early 19th century building that replaced an earlier rectory which stood on the site.  It was sold after the Second World War, and, in 1964, it was bought by the National Advertising Benevolent Society who opened their  Sheltered Flats as retirement homes for older people from the industry (and also their close relatives).

  The cemetery was created at the very start of the 19th century to accommodate the increased population caused by the building of the barracks. The barracks were laid out in 1798 and between 1804 and 1814 the infantry of the King’s German Legion were stationed there. In 1901 the current cemetery at Clinch Green

An East Sussex Constabulary was formed in 1840 with a total of 23 men. In the 1880s, when Bexhill was expanding rapidly a small police station was built at Barrack Road. It included accommodation for the officers and was equipped with two prisoner cells. According to various street directories, the following policemen were stationed at

In 1906, Egerton Park was extended west to Brockley Road and on this new piece of land the Park Pergola was created and opened in 1908.  It had a concert platform at the west end and could seat 1,100 people. The Pergola was converted into the Egerton Park Theatre in 1933, and this was also used

This site, on a low sandy cliff known as The Horn, had once had a Martello Tower on it. The Towers which were built from 1804 onwards were designed to stop a French invasion but were also used by the Coastal Blockade to prevent smuggling. The Coastguard replaced the Coastal Blockade but continued to use

The Marina Arcade was built, in the ‘Moorish’ style, in 1901, in a similar style to that of the Kursaal and is a good example of Orientalist architecture, which was popular in seaside resorts at that time. At the planning stage, according to the local newspapers, there were many arguments between those offering to build

Image 01 – In the photograph taken from the air (c1920), the Clock Tower can be seen standing on the junction of West Parade and Park Avenue. The Museum building stands at the other end with Egerton Park laid out behind. Between the Clock Tower and the sea stands the old bandstand, which was long since

The Downs pitch, first recorded on an Ordnance Survey map in 1873, remained the town’s cricket centre until fashionable attention transferred to the Manor House ground, laid out on the lower slopes in 1893 by Viscount Cantelupe.   Cricket is still played on the old ground, situated north of the A259 (Little Common Road|), between