Old Hastings House
From Historical Hastings
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| Former names | Old Hastings House |
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| General information | |
| Location | |
| Built | 1700 |
| [[File:{{{image}}}|300x375px]] | |
| Former names | Old Hastings House |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | |
| Built | 1700 |
Home of John Collier (1685-1760). Was known for a period after its construction in 1700 as The Mansion[1]. Coventry Patmore was known to have lived here[2]
WW1 Usage
Was utilised as a Red Cross hospital during WW1 for wounded soldiers[3]
Current Day
Was converted into an old persons supported living home in 1966[4]
Images
- Images
Old-Hastings-House-with-all-windows-in-tact-c1904.
Page59-Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present.pdf.jpg
Old-Hastings-House-at-the-top-of-High-Street.-1948.-None-of-the-windows-have-been-blanked-out-yet-as-for-the-window-tax.
Old-Hastings-House-1955
Old Hastings House and Torfield House
References & Notes
- ↑ 1066 Online
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 08 November 1952 pg. 1
- ↑ List of auxiliary hospitals in the UK during the First World War.pdf, accessdate: 14 June 2020
- ↑ Hastings Borough Council Planning application ref HS/DS/66/00837
