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Western Road, BRIGHTON, BN1 2AJ

A side street linking Hampton Place to Spring Street that was built around 1830. The rear of Mitre House, built in the mid 1930s, is on the right.

The large block of flats were constructed in the mid 1930s by International Stores Ltd whose logo was a mitre. Opened in 1935 the flats cover the block between Hampton Place and Spring Street with the exception of Image which was located on the corner of the former. The ground floor consisted of purpose built shops whilst the upper floors contained private flats and offices. Prior to the construction the block had been private residences with front gardens which had gradually been built over during the 19th century as Western Road commercial importance grew. This expansion also narrowed the road and the council began acquiring properties from as early as 1905 in order to widen it from the northern side. This section was the penultimate block to be developed and during the 1920s the leases on each unit had been drastically shortened. However, the extensive Bon Marche stores occupying 149-156 were used as temporary homes for Boots Image and Wades Image whilst their stores were rebuilt to the east. By the early 1930s all business had ceased and the block demolished over the course of 1933. Old Images Former shops, 1933 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_051.html Demolition in progress, 1933 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_055.html Cleared site viewed from Hampton Street, 1935 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_059.html Mitre House, 1940s - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_147.html For individual shops within Mitre House see: Image Image Image Image Image Image

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)

Part of the ground floor of Image and since 2012 home to Shoe Zone who moved here from Image across the road. Originally number 151 was a residence until the late 1850s after which it became a boot maker, then leather seller before a draper William Padison moved in 1883. He would extend the store to Image, Image and Image which would later evolve into Bon Marche. When they moved out in the mid 1920s the combined stores would be used as temporary bases for Boots and Wades whilst their premises were rebuilt. Number 152 was expanded into during the early 1890s having previously been a residence until the 1870s and was a dyer prior to the merging. Both buildings were demolished in 1933 and the numbers reconstituted as a single store occupied by Timothy Whites from 1938 until the early 1980s just before the name disappeared from the High Street forever in 1985. A steady stream of businesses followed initially a hi fi dealer then showrooms for Seeboard, a brief presence by Curry’s who would later move to Image to be followed by Bon Marche a seller of cheap clothing to the more mature and less fashionable lady. This business was no relation to the other Bon Marche having formed in 1982. After they moved out in 2008 the premises remained empty barring the odd short lease discount store. 151 1859-1860 - BOOT MAKER (G Sinnock) 1861-1879 - LEATHER SELLER (G Sinnock) 1883-1925 - DRAPER (William Padison 1883-1919, Bon Marche 1920-25) 1930-1932 - WATERPROOFS (John Rain Ltd) 152 1871 - STATIONER (FP Bates) 1873 - TOY SHOP (Brighton Toy & Fancy Depot) 1874-1889 - DYERS (Puillar & Sons) 1890-1925 - DRAPER (William Padison 1890-1919, Bon Marche 1920-25) REBUILD 151-152 1938-1982 - HOUSEWARE & CHEMIST (Timothy Whites) 1983-1989 - HI FI DEALER (Lasky) 1990-1996 - ELECTRICITY SHOWROOMS (Seeboard) 1999-2001 - ELECTRICAL GOODS (Curry’s) 2001-2008 - LADIESWEAR (Bon Marche) 2012-2016 - SHOE SHOP (Shoe Zone)

Unlike the other stores located in the ground floor of Image numbers 153 and 154 have remained smaller single units. The former was a residential dwelling until the 1860s when it became a carpet and furniture warehouse something it would periodically return to during the 1870s. The following decade it was a pianoforte retailer then an art furnishers prior to William Padison the drapers expanding into the shop from neighbouring Image The latter remained a residence until 1890 after which it spent a couple of years as either a furnisher or decorator until this shop too were taken over by William Paddison. Along with their other stores at Image and Image it became Bon Marche in 1920 and from 1925 temporary homes for Boots Image and Wades Image whilst their stores were being rebuilt. The new premises within Mitre House remained separate after the rebuild with 153 becoming a branch of WH Smiths from 1938 until they acquired a more prominent location in the newly built Churchill Square at the end of the 1960s. It was replaced by another long serving chain, Milletts, which remained here for forty years. After just over a year as Stead & Simpson shoe shop the store was taken over by Tropik Home, a Turkish textiles business. Number 154 also saw a long tenure after the rebuild with the Bata Shoe Company occupying the premises until the mid 1970s. It was replaced by a succession of camera shops one of whom, City Camera Exchange would be acquired by Jessops who remained here until 2007 when the company ran into financial problems forcing it to close a large number of its stores. A period of being empty was punctuated by home accessories store Shelleys who lasted less than two years and since late 2012 by City Global Link who moved from 150. 153 1862-1870 - CARPET & FURNITURE WAREHOUSE (Roberts & Chamberlain) 1871 - CABINET MAKERS (Isard & Co) 1873 - FURNITURE WAREHOUSE (George Duncombe) 1875-1876 - MILLINER (Mrs Cutler) 1877-1879 - FURNITURE WAREHOUSE (The Co-Operative Furnishing Store) 1880-1890 - PIANOFORTE DEALERS (E Barnes & Co) 1891-1892 - ART FURNISHERS (Oliver & Co) 1919-1925 - DRAPER (William Padison 1919, Bon Marche 1920-25) REBUILD 1938-1971 - STATIONER (WH Smiths) 1972-2011 - OUTDOOR GOODS (Milletts) 2012-2013 - SHOE SHOP (Stead & Simpson) 2013-2016 - TEXTILES (Tropik Home) 154 1890-1891 - HOUSE FURNISHER (SG Perry) 1892-1895 - HOME ART DECORATOR (Alice Cooper) 1896-1925 - DRAPER (William Padison 1896-1919, Bon Marche 1920-25) REBUILD 1937-1975 - SHOE SHOP (Bata Shoe Co) 1980-2007 - CAMERA RETAILER (Photomarkets 1980-81, Intercity Cameras 1982-84, City Camera Exchange 1985-96, Jessops 1996-2007) 2009 2009-2011 - HOME ACCESSORIES (Shelleys) 2012-2016 - ELECTRONIC RETAIL & PHONE REPAIRS (City Global Link)

Small side street linking Hampden Place with Spring Street which is visible in the distance. Developed in the 1820s and occupied by small businesses serving those in Western Road.

Number 149 is the official address for those inhabiting the flats above and as such is the entrance to the flats of Image The block was built by International Tea Stores, a grocery chain, whose logo was a mitre which can still be seen in both the name above the door and within the stone on the first floor balcony. Prior to rebuilding 149 was a residential dwelling that became an auctioneers in the mid 1860s and remained so until 1925. After a couple of short leased tenants the building was demolished in 1933. The adjacent 150 also became a shop in the 1860s initially as a bag and box maker. Following a period as a draper and fancy goods retailer the shop was expanded into by William Paddison, another draper, which later evolved into a chain called Bon Marche, see also Image, Image and Image From the mid 1920s this extended store was used as temporary premises for Boots and Wades whilst their shops were being rebuilt. After the rebuild it became another small shop, first as Day & Son, an estate agent for forty years, then a decade as a building society branch followed by a brief stint as a t shirt printers and its last six years as a mobile phone shop which would moved to number 154. Since then part of Mitre House has been occupied by the Britannia Study Hotel, a 134 room hotel catering largely but not just to the needs of the city’s large pool of visiting overseas language students. 149 1864-1925 - AUCTIONEERS (Kirkham & Dover) 1926-1927 - WIRELESS SHOP (James & Venables) 1928-1930 - MILLINER (Cherette) 1932-1933 - FURRIERS (Premier Fur Stores Ltd) 150 1862-1871 - BAG & BOX MAKER (HG Philp) 1874-1880 - DRAPER (GE Gilpin) 1883-1887 - FANCY GOODS (The Western Bazaar) 1888-1925 - DRAPER (William Padison 1888-1919, Bon Marche 1920-25) 1930-1932 - WATERPROOFS (John Rain Ltd) REBUILD 149 Entrance to Mitre House Flats 150 1937-1977 - ESTATE AGENTS (Day & Son) 1980-1989 - BUILDING SOCIETY (Alliance) 1999-2004 - T SHIRT PRINTERS (With it) 2006-2012 - ELECTRONIC RETAIL & PHONE REPAIRS (City Global Link) 2013-2016 - Entrance to Britannia Study Hotel

Located on the corner of Hampton Place and the only building between that road and Spring Street that was developed separately from Mitre House. Until 1864 it was a private residence that was convented into a china and glass dealer. In 1875 it became a wine merchant run by D Waters & Son who would stay until 1954 and it was during their tenure that the shop was rebuilt in the early 1930s as a part of the Western Road road widening scheme. The shop remained a wine merchant run by brewers Edlins until 1971 after which Kendall & Son, the rainwear manufacturer expanded into the shop from neighbouring Image They would remain here until 1980 by which time the family firm had been acquired first by Combined English Stores in 1977 and then in 1981 sold to Hepworths the tailors who began converting the stores into Next. During the 1980s and 90s it was a discount jewellers and during the 21st century it has been a health food store and since 2011 a hairdressers. Old Images D Waters & Son, 1901 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_037.html D Waters & Son, 1927 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_050.html New shop, 1933 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_057.html 143 1864-1874 - CHINA & GLASS DEALER (FJ Vickridge) 1875-1971 - WINE MERCHANT (D Waters & Son 1875-1954, Edlins Ltd 1956-71) 1972-1980 - RAINWEAR MANUFACTURERS (Kendall & Sons) 1981-2001 - JEWELLER (Jays Discount) 2004-2009 - HEALTH FOOD SHOP (Health Home Ltd) 2011-2016 - HAIRDRESSERS (Cuts & Co)

The most westerly store on the ground floor of Image A residential dwelling until 1862 it then became an estate agent for a dozen years before a succession of businesses passed through. By 1899 it was an ironmonger and during the 1920s a dyer. The old building was demolished in 1933 and the number given over to the newly built ground floor shop in 1935. From the 1930s to the end of the 1960s it was a couple of gown shops and in 1970 was taken over by Kendall & Son who retailed and manufactured umbrellas, rainwear and later ladies fashions. Kendalls expanded into neighbouring Image the following year remaining here until 1984 when Hepworths, who had purchased the business from Combined English Stores in 1981, rebranded it as Next. One of a number of Next stores on the road it focussed on ladies wear until consolidating their holdings under one roof at Image A decade of quick turnovers ended when CEX, a specialist retailer in buying and selling electrical goods, DVDs and games, moved in during 2005. 1865-1877 - ESTATE AGENT (Adnam & Skipper 1865-67, Thomas Richard 1868-77) 1879-1880 - HAIRDRESSERS (Alexandre & Co) 1883-1885 - FURNITURE DEALER (James Watkins) 1887-1898 - TOBACCONIST & COAL MERCHANT (Everest & Co) 1899-1921 - IRONMONGERS (Packham & Son) 1922-1928 - DYERS (Achille Serre Ltd) 1930-1931 - RADIO (Carter Radio) 1932 - CONFECTIONERS (Popnuts Ltd) REBUILD 1937-1969 - GOWNS (Byron 1937-58, Roma 1960-69) 1970-1984 - RAINWEAR MANUFACTURERS (Kendall & Sons) 1985-1996 - LADIESWEAR (Next 1985-91, Collection 1991, Dunn & Co 1993-96) 1999-2001 - BEDROOMS (Sharps) 2004 - PARTY GOODS (Non-Stop Party Shop) 2005-2016 - SECOND HAND ELECTRICAL GOODS (CEX)