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Western Road, BRIGHTON, BN1 2LB

Hidden away in a side street off Western Road The Western Pavilion is an exotically designed early 19th-century house in the centre of Brighton, Local architect Amon Henry Wilds, one of the most important figures in Brighton's development from modest fishing village to fashionable seaside resort, built the distinctive two-storey house between 1827 and 1828 as his own residence, and incorporated many inventive details while paying homage to the Royal Pavilion, Although the house has been altered and a shopfront inserted, it is still in residential use, and has been listed at Grade II* by English Heritage for its architectural and historical importance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pavilion

Numbers 88-93 were built as residences in the mid 19th century and were originally known as Sillwood Terrace. Most of the ground floors were converted into shops during the early 1870s. Number 88 began life as piano seller, later became a gown retailer, then acquired by Chipperfield & Butler who moved here from the other stores at Image and Image, was a lingerie store through much of the 1980s and since 2012 has been a tanning salon. Number 89 was originally a grocers, then a costumiers followed by a series of television retailers. The 1980s saw a steady turnover prior to the current occupants, gift shop Evolution, arrived in 1991. Number 90 has seen a greater turnover than some of the other stores beginning life as a fancy bazaar, then twenty years as a chemist, it was briefly a bank, a ladies tailor, a music retailer and a furrier. During the 1950s it became a restaurant run by Fortes for thirty years and at the end of the 1980s was the first Pizza Express in the town. From 2000 it became another music retailer until that closed in 2015 becoming a discount store in the early part of 2016. For 114 years number 91 was a shoe shop spread between two companies. After a brief period as a charity shop it has been home to Mail Boxes, who provide office services, since the late 1990s. Number 92 started as a milliner and was then replaced by a store dealing in Indian rubber goods that traded for sixty years. After the Second World War it became a TV dealer for 28 years and a furniture store for another 30. Since 2009 it has been a convenience store. Finally, number 93 has also seen a large turnover of businesses since 1873 broken only by 45 years as a ladies tailor, 24 as a children’s outfitter, and 22 as a travel agent. Since 2001 it has been a charity shop. Old Images View westwards c.1903 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_010.html 88 1873-1934 - PIANOFORTE & MUSIC WAREHOUSE (Cramer, Watts & Co 1873-89, Godfrey & Co 1890-1934) 1936-1949 - GOWNS (Wilsons Ladies Tailor Ltd) 1951-1982 - FABRICS/DRAPERS (Chipperfield & Butler) 1983-1994 - LINGERIE & HOSIERY (Contessa) 2002-2016 - SUNBEDS (Tanning Shop) 89 1873-1936 - GROCERS (CJ Heald 1873-93, Herbert Dann 1894-1907, SH Wright 1908-31, Austin Cave & co 1932-36) 1938-1962 - COSTUMIERS (Brunel Modes Ltd) 1964-1976 - TV DEALERS (Gibbard Television Ltd 1964-66, Coxhead Rentals Ltd 1971, Lloyds (1972-76) 1980-1985 - HEALTH FOOD SHOP (Nature’s Way) 1985-1988 - FABRIC & DRAPERY (Woottons) 1989-1991 - HI FI DEALERS (Auditions) 1991-2016 - GIFT SHOP (Evolution) 90 1875-1879 - FANCY BAZAAR (The Sillwood Bazaar 1875-76, MJ Hodson 1877-79) 1883-1904 - CHEMISTS (Headlands Ltd) 1905-1907 - HOME FURNISHERS (The Broadway Furnishing Co) 1909-1911 - BANK (The Charing Cross Bank) 1912-1925 - LADIES TAILOR (Maurice Rose) 1926-1929 - PIANOFORTE, GRAMOPHONE & MUSIC SHOWROOM (Austin Storry) 1931-1949 - FURRIER (Sirkins) 1954-1993 - RESTAURANT (Fortes 1954-84, Mario & Alf 1985-88, Pizza Express 1989-93) 2000-2015 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STORE (Music Scene) 2016 - DISCOUNT STORE (Savemore) 91 1873-1987 - SHOE SHOP (WE Robinson & Co 1873-1922, A Jones & Son 1923-87) 1988-1994 - CHARITY SHOP (Imperial Cancer) 1999-2016 - OFFICE GOODS (Mail Boxes etc) 92 1873-1877 - MILLINER (JW Robinson 1873, Mrs Corden 1875, Mrs Louttit 1876-77) 1879-1939 - INDIA RUBBER & MACKINTOSH WAREHOUSE (W Lamb 1879-83, London India Rubber Co 1884-1939) 1947-1975 - TV DEALERS (Lyon & Hall) 1977-2006 - FURNITURE STORE (Wesley Barrell) 2009-2016 - CONVENIENCE STORE (Brothers Retail 2009-10, Premier Convenience Store 2011-16) 93 1873-1877 - DRAPER (D Jenkins 1873, SC Barnes 1875-77) 1879-1883 - SILK MERCER & FANCY DRAPER (G Chapman) 1884-1886 - GENERAL DRAPER (WG Barry) 1877-1922 - LADIES TAILOR (Madame Fenn 1887-94, Madame Lambert 1895-1922) 1923-1926 - HOSIER, HATTER & OUTFITTER (Horace) 1927-1937 - OUTFITTERS (J Baker & Co) 1938-1962 - CHILDREN’S OUTFITTERS (Black of Brighton Ltd) 1964-1973 - OUTFITTER (Burbridge Ltd) 1974-1996 - TRAVEL AGENT (Horizon Travel Ltd 1974, Exchange 1975-85, Hogg Robinson 1985-93, Going Places 1994-96) 2001-2016 - CHARITY SHOP (Shelter)

Head back and turn north into Preston Street until you reach Western Road. Then turn westwards and north into Hampden Place. Codrington House was originally called Hampden Lodge and became the house of Admiral Codrington the victor of the battle of Navarino in 1827. The battle was fought against the Turks during the Greek War of Independence which gives some irony to Codrington House's current neighbours. Codrington House is now home to Bodysoul, a natural remedies business. Click on the link to take you to the next page. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/211864

Located on the corner of Sillwood Road and the eastern end of Image this structure began life as a florist in 1873 and continued in business for the next sixty years. It was converted into a shoe shop run by Millward & Sons who would also stay for sixty years. The rest of the 1990s appear to have been a barren period regarding occupancy though the current incumbents, William Hill have been here since 2001. 1873-1931 - FLORIST (William Balchin & Sons) 1932-1993 - SHOE SHOP (Millward & Sons) 1999 - LEATHER GOODS (Bizarre) 2001-2016 - BOOKMAKERS (William Hill)

Popular supermarket near Brighton Town Centre http://www.waitrose.com/bf_home/bf/114.html

Numbers 138-139s along with its neighbour to the east Image are located in the former gardens of a terrace called Codrington Place. Unlike Image and Image the former houses survive beyond their former extensions now known as Codrington Mansions. A fair proportion of the commercial properties on the northern side of Western Road eastwards from Hampton Place originated from extensions built in the gardens of former residential properties which were removed during the 1920s and 1930s. Number 138 is on the left of the entrance to 139 Codrington Mansions and is actually two shops which since the turn of the 21st century has been a business operated by Georgio’s who also expanded into 138a around 2009 when the Brighton Sewing Centre moved to North Road. Originally 138 was a hatter then house furnisher before spending nearly 40 years as a dyers and cleaners and another 15 as a sports shop. Since the 1980s it has retailed ladies wear, bridal gowns and been a number of takeaway shops. 138a was did not commence retailing as a separate entity until the early 1930s when it became a tea merchant which it remained until the early 1990s after which it spent another 16 years retailing sewing machines and accessories. Acquired by Georgio’s after their move they have since shifted their mobile phone business over from 138. Number 139a to the right was also originally separated into two units the other being numbered 139b. The former was briefly a bookseller and vacuum cleaner retailer. Since 1913 it has been a newsagents under a variety of owners the longest tenure being Finlay & Co who operated here for forty years. It was they who expanded into 139b in the early 1960s with that shop having seen a fairly rapid turnover of businesses the longest being the first occupier, a coal merchant. 138 1904-1915 - HATTER (CR Carden) 1916-1923 - HOUSE FURNISHER (Edward Whylock) 1924 - UPHOLSTERY & BEDDING (Barkers) 1925-1964 - DYERS & CLEANERS (Eastmans) 1966-1981 - SPORTS GOODS (Southwind 1966-74, Alpine Sports 1975-81) 1983-1987 - LADIESWEAR (Annabelle) 1988-1991 - BRIDAL WEAR (Happy Bride) 1999 - TAKE AWAY (Chicago Bagel Bar) 2001-2004 - CAFE (Georgio’s) 2006-2009 - MOBILE PHONES (Georgio’s Mobile Phone Centre) 2015-2016 - HAIRDRESSERS (Probably Georgio’s but currently unnamed) 138a 1932-1991 - TEA MERCHANT (Importers) 1993-2009 - SEWING MACHINES (Brighton Sewing Centre) 2010-2016 - INTERNET CAFE (Georgio’s) 139a 1904 - BOOKSELLER (AJ Chubb) 1905-1911 - VACUUM CLEANERS (The Brighton & West Sussex Vacuum Cleaner Ltd) 1913-2016 - CONFECTIONER/NEWSAGENT (Mrs Fox 1913-17, Seaar & Victor 1918-22, W Reynolds Ltd 1925-28, Finlay & Co 1929-89, Cliffords 1990-2001, Greenleaf News 2002, ANZ Newsagent 2004-08, George Store 2011-16) 139b 1904-1923 - COAL MERCHANT (Gregory & Smith) 1924-1936 - HOUSE AGENTS (Clayton, Rogers & Frear 1924-31, Frear & Graddage 1932-36) 1937-1938 - Brighton Motor Driving School 1939-1940 - FANCY GOODS (Empire Curios Ltd) 1947 - CHILDREN’S OUTFITTERS (Rose Lewis) 1949-1951 - HOSIER (Penny’s Ltd) 1954 - SHOE SHOP (Dales Footwear Ltd) 1956 - TEXTILE MERCHANT (Ashton) 1958-1960 - RESTAURANT (Tico’s)

Like neighbouring Image built in the former gardens of Codrington Place which were acquired by the council at the turn of the 20th century in order to start the widening of Western Road. Number 137 is the eastern end of the row that was built. The shop has seen a steady turnover of businesses starting as a milliner then briefly a costumier and piano warehouse. After the war it was an electrical appliances retailer for nearly thirty years and since 1980 it has been a building society its current incumbents, Chelsea, have been here since 1991. That building society was one of the few not to demutualise in the 1990s but was merged with Yorkshire Building Society in 2010 who announce in January 2016 that all of chelsea’s branches will be rebranded over the forthcoming year. 1904-1931 - MILLINER (Arthur Phelp 1904-07, Madam Phelp 1908-31) 1932-1934 - COSTUMIER (Jack Harris) 1935-1940 - PIANO WAREHOUSE (Godfrey & Co) 1947-1976 - ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (Murdochs 1947-71, Civic 1972-76) 1980-2016 - BUILDING SOCIETY (London & South of England 1980-83, Anglia 1984-87, Nationwide 1988-89, Chelsea 1991-2016)

Built by local architect Amon Henry Wilds between 1827 and 1828.It is Grade II listed

Located on the corner of Western Terrace on the western side of Image Built by Amon Henry Wilds in 1830 and originally a residence called Western Pavilion. For much of the last half of the 19th century it was a wine merchants under various owners. This was followed by a swift turnover of businesses until Sang & Leonard arrived in 1897 and stayed until 1928. Up to the Second World War it was a furriers whilst after there are no entries until the mid 1950s when it became part of the Plummer Roddis department store, see Image, specialising in Berkertex wedding wear. The shop appears to have continued in use after the takeover by Debenhams in the early 1970s who appear to have dispensed with the building by the early 1980s. From the middle of that decade it became a pine furniture store which it remained for seventeen years and was followed by brief appearances as a baby goods and a ladies wear shop. Since 2009 it has been a hairdressers. Old Images 1897 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_014.html 1845 - ESTATE AGENT (Charles Crouch) 1856-1880 - WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT (C Crouch 1856-67, Strevens & Co 1868, Charles Plaister 1869-71, W Fraser & Co 1873-74, N Morling 1875-80) 1883 - SILK MERCER & FANCY DRAPER (G Chapman) 1884 - FRUITERER (G Phillips) 1885 - TOBACCONIST (Miss Ord) 1887-1896 - CONFECTIONER (Miss ER Walker 1887-95, Miss Anne Ford 1896) 1897-1928 - AUCTIONEERS (Sang & Leonard) 1931-1940 - FURRIER (Premier Fur Store) 1954 - LADIES OUTFITTERS (Ten & Twenty Shop) 1956-1974 - LADIESWEAR (Plummers’ Berketrex Shop) 1984 - ARTS & CRAFTS (Art Trading Co) 1985-2002 - FURNITURE (Pine Village 1985-88, Village Collection 1989-90, The Brighton Pine Co 1999-2002) 2004 - BABY GOODS (Tiny Tinker) 2006-2008 - LADIESWEAR (Lips) 2009-2016 - HAIRDRESSERS (Celly’s)