Pierpoint Close, Hurstpierpoint

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 17 Jul 2014

Recently built small estate built on the site of the former Pierpoint public house. The pub had been built in 1843 as part of the Chinese Gardens, a pleasure garden covering over 5 acres which included walks and a boating lake situated to the north adjacent to Western Road. The gardens were popular and remained in place until the 1950s when they closed, the cul de sacs Hurst Gardens and Chestnut Grove have since been built on the former grounds. The pub survived however, its hall had become a cinema during the 1930s, changed its name from Chinese Gardens to the Pierpoint and continued in operation until it too was closed in the mid 1990s. The pub was located roughly were the house in the foreground on the left stood with much of the close built on its large car park to the south.

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