Eversfield Place

From Historical Hastings
Eversfield Place
Junctions
JunctionsVerulam Place
Warrior Square
Construction
Construction start1851

Birth of the seafront

Construction of Eversfield Place started with a number of groups of terraces and individual ​building​s in 1851[1], all the ​building​s sharing a common front-line. It must be said that Eversfield Place is in St. Leonards - hence the numbers starting at 1 on the western end, although there was a proposal tabled by Hastings Borough Council in 1854 to make this portion (and other properties in St. Mary Magdalen's parish) of the town Hastings![2] The various terraces/​building​s and corresponding street numbers are below;

Original Name Date constructed Current day numbering
1 & 2 Cliff Cottages Pre 1834[3] 5 - 6
Helmington Place[1] 1851 62-63
Agincourt Terrace[1] 1851 5-10
Eversfield House & Eversfield Place[1] 1851 12-20
Eversfield Mansions[1] 1851 5

During the construction of numbers 42 to 46, there was a major fire on the 2nd of February, 1851 at the ​building​ sites caused by a fire that was thought to have been put out being re-kindled. This resulted in the near-total collapse of the properties under construction and an insurance payout in excess of £1,000 for re-​building​[4]

Most (if not all) of the large sea-front properties were utilised as lodging-houses and hotels virtually since their construction, although since the 1970s a large number have been subdivided into flats and maisonettes.

St. Margaret's Church

St. Margaret's Church is believed to have originally stood at the top of the cliffs behind Eversfield Place. Whilst work was being carried out at the rear of number 50 to remove some rock-falls, Alderman Robert Deudney recalled that ruins of the church was said to have been found.[5]

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Features in Eversfield Place

 Street numberFrom YearRefTo YearRefCategory
Agincourt Terrace5-101,851Named Buildings
CENTRAL ST LEONARDS Pre May 2018
Alexandra Hotel321,8761,984Sea Front
Named Buildings
Tourism
Hotels
CENTRAL ST LEONARDS Pre May 2018
Bottle Alley1,934Sea Front
Buildings without ward variable
Named Buildings
Cliff Cottages5-6Buildings without ward variable
Named Buildings
Eversfield Mansions51,851Pages using DataTable2 data
Pages using table "BNA Periodicals"
Buildings without ward variable
Named Buildings
Works in Progress
Eversfield Place Weather Station1,935Public Services
Helmington Place62-631,851Buildings without ward variable
Named Buildings
Randolph Hotel7-8Sea Front
Buildings without ward variable
Named Buildings
St Leonards
Hotels
The Alexandra321,984Named Buildings
CENTRAL ST LEONARDS Pre May 2018

References & Notes