119-120, Western Road, Brighton

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 28 Mar 2016

Home to letting agents, Leaders, since 2001. Number 119 was originally a private dwelling that was converted to commercial use in the mid 1880s and included a saddler as late as 1923. Charles Tilley moved from neighbouring Image in 1928 and remained here until the Second World War. After the conflict the business was taken over by Cramphorns, a national chain that was swallowed up by Wyevale in 1991, who would merge the two shops in the late 1940s. By the 1960s it had been converted into a bank run by the TSB who moved out in the 1990s replaced by building society, Portman. Number 118 was converted from a residence into a wine merchants in 1864 which it would remain for the next 83 years under three different businesses. 119 1884 - Lodging house 1885-1888 - DRESSMAKER (Miss E Philpott) 1890-1903 - TRUNK MAKER (DR Smith) 1904-1923 - SADDLER (Robert Forrester) 1924-1927 - BLOUSE SPECIALIST (Pelham) 1928-1940 - SEEDSMAN (Charles Tilley) 120 1864-1947 - WINE MERCHANT (William Baker & Son 1864-1923, E Robins & Son 1924-1940, Findlater, Mackie & Co Ltd 1947) 119-120 1947-1962 - SEED MERCHANTS (Cramphorns 1947-60, Bradleys 1962) 1966-1990 - BANK (London & South Eastern Trustee Savings Bank [TSB]) 1991-1996 - BUILDING SOCIETY (Portman) 2001-2016 - LETTING AGENT (Leaders)

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0