145-148, Western Road, Brighton

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 28 Mar 2016

Currently occupied by Sainsbury’s who originally moved into 147-148 in 2006 before extending to 145-146 three years later. Originally number 145 was a residential dwelling until the early 1860s then spent the rest of the 19th century as a surgeon and dentist run by various members of the Stoner family. It was then converted into a tobacconist which it remained until 1928 and after a brief tenure of a furrier was demolished around 1932. Number 146 began as an upholsterer then cabinet maker before being converted into a dining room, a series of wine merchant merchants and from 1871 until its closure in 1931 it was a public house called The Central. When the newly numbered 145-146 reopened as part of Image in 1936 it was occupied by the owners of the building, the grocery chain International Tea Company who would continue trading here until 1980. They were replaced by Halfords who moved from Image and stayed until the mid 1990s deciding to concentrate on larger out of town retail units. JJB Sport followed for the next dozen years until they closed in 2008 after which Sainsbury’s expanded into the store from neighbouring 147-48 returning it to its original function selling groceries. The original number 147 was also a residential dwelling until the 1860s after which it was converted into commercial use, first as a boot and shoe maker, then a ham and beef warehouse, a brief stint as a chemist, before returning to the retail of meat. From 1911 it was a fruiterer and was briefly used as a soap manufacturer prior to the building being demolished. Number 148 also spent periods trading as a chemist and ham shop albeit at different times. A boot repairers was the last tenant before the building was demolished. The newly reconstituted numbers 147-148 opened as a car showroom in 1938 and remained here until the mid 1970s. By the following decade it spent time as a menswear store and a toy shop before fifteen years as a discount factory clothes shop. The shop remained empty for a couple of years until Sainsbury’s returned to Western Road after nearly four decades having previously traded at Image Old Images Hampton Street to Spring Street, 1927 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_050.html The Central public house awaiting demolition, 1933 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_056.html Numbers 144-149 in the process of demolition, 1933 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_055.html The Central still standing, 1934 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_058.html 145 1862-1898 - SURGEON & DENTIST (Harry Stoner 1862-75, Charles Stoner 1876-1889, Harry W Stoner 1889-92, Buckwolde A Stoner 1893-98) 1900-1928 - TOBACCONIST (Frederick English 1900-23, MD Benjamin 1924-28) 1929 - PHOTOGRAPHERS (Photomatik Portrait Ltd) 1930-1932 - FURRIER (H Koransky) 146 1862 - UPHOLSTERER (Thomas Treherne) 1864-1871 - CABINET MAKER (George Walker) 1873-1876 - DINING ROOM (West End Dining Room & Luncheon Bar) 1877-1896 - WINE MERCHANTS (W Waters & Co 1877, G Walker & Co 1879-80, The Poseidon Wine & Spirit Shop 1883-96) 1897-1931 - PUBLIC HOUSE (The Central) REBUILD 145-146 1936-1980 - GROCER (International Tea company’s Store Ltd) 1982-1994 - CYCLE & CAR ACCESSORIES (Halfords) 1996-2008 - SPORTS SHOP (JJB) 2009-2016 - SUPERMARKET (Sainsbury’s) 147 1864-1870 - BOOT & SHOE MAKER (John Jarrold) 1872-1879 - HAM & BEEF WAREHOUSE (E Hodgkinson 1872-77, H Bircham 1879) 1880-1886 - CHEMIST (W Smith & Co) 1889-1910 - BUTCHERS (D Godfrey 1889, Piercey & Co 1890-1908, E Barnett & Co 1909-10) 1911-1931 - FRUITERER (L Cook & Co) 1933 - SOAP MANUFACTURERS (Crossfields & Son) 148 1864 - MILLINER (Mrs Watson) 1865-1880 - CHEMIST (Headland & Co) 1883-1928 - HAM SHOP (W Armes 1883-1903, GP Keep 1904-28) 1929-1933 - BOOT REPAIRS (Emile Dupont 1929-31, E Roberts 1932-33) REBUILD 147-148 1938-1974 - CAR AGENT (Moore of Brighton) 1983-1985 - MENSWEAR (Keen Jean Outfitters) 1985-1989 - TOY SHOP (Zodiac) 1990-2004 - MENSWEAR (Cromwells Madhouse) 2006-2016 - SUPERMARKET (Sainsbury’s)

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