Queens Hotel

The Queens Hotel opened in 1862^[1] (Parsons gives the opening year as 1863^[2]), having been constructed to a design by the architect Mr. Francis H. Fowler which included 200 rooms, first and second class coffee rooms, saloons, suites for families, meeting rooms, billiards and smoking rooms and a library^[3].

Construction[edit]

Formation of a company and issue of shares to raise capital for the building commenced in 1857, when a board of directors was assembled, consisting of eight directors - five from London and three from Hastings - these being; T. Agar, Esq., of Oakfield Lodge; E. Hayles, Esq. of Belmont; and Robert Hempsted, of 14 Grand parade. The ground was laid out on the site of the Shipwright's Arms on the 14th of May and construction of the cellars began two weeks later - John Howell being the contractor. Unfortunately it was some twelve months before sufficient capital had been raised to commence work on the above-ground portion of the building^[4] - construction of this commencing towards the end of 1858, with the firm of Holland and Hannen being the chosen contractors in spite of not being the cheapest tender^[5]

Images[edit]

Images
Queens Hotel c1863
The-Albert-Memorial.-1875.
White-Rock-and-Carlisle-Parade.-1880.
CDV.-Carlisle-Parade.-1880.
Harold Place & Queens Hotel
Queens Hotel c1882
George Woods circa 1890
George Woods circa 1890
George Woods circa 1890
Yachts-at-Hastings-c.1890
George Woods circa 1890
White-Rock-Parade.-1890.
George Woods circa 1890
George Woods circa 1890
George Woods circa 1890
Carlisle-Parade c1890
(Yachts starting, Hastings, England) (LOC)
Carlisle Parade (The parade, Hastings, England) (LOC)
Queens Hotel c1890
Carlisle-Parade.-1891.
Glass-plate-of-the-Queens-Hotel-and-Harold-Place.-1891.
White-Rock-and-beach-1892.
Queens Hotel c1895
Robertson Terrace c1900
HaroldPlaceCirca1900
The-beach-at-Harold-Place.-1900.
Hastings Beach ^ Fishing Boats - Flickr - drew anywhere
Harold-Place-and-Queens-Hotel.-1902.
The-beach-at-Carlisle-Parade.-1902.
Queens-Hotel-with-the-Albertine-and-Skylark-Yachts-on-the-beach.-1903.
Entertainments-on-the-beach-1903
1904-8
White-Rock-Parade.-1904.
The-Albertine-or-Skylark-taking-on-passengers.-1904.
The-sea-washing-down-Harold-Place November-4th-1904
Carlisle-Villas-1905
The-Parade-at-Denmark-Place-c1905.
Carlisle Parade c1905
Watching-the-repairs-to-the-sea-wall-at-Carlisle-Parade-1903-what-stops-people-falling-over-the-edge-in-seeing-whats-going-on
Denmark-Place-and-Queens-Hotel-c1905
Carlisle-Parade-c1905.
Carlisle-Parade.-1906.-2
Carlisle-Parade.-1914.
Carlisle-Parade.-1906.-1
Carlisle-Parade.-1907.
Carlisle-Parade.-1906.
Queens-Hotel-and-beach.-1906.
Queens-Hotel.-1906.
Town-Centre-looking-up-Queens-Road.-1906.
A-packed-beach-and-parade-opposite-the-Queens-Hotel-1906.
Harold-Place-and-the-Queens-Hotel.-1906.
Carlisle-Parade.-1908.
Carlisle-Parade1908
Queens-Hotel.-1908
Goat-cart-at-Robertson-Terrace-1908.
Hastings-seafront.-c1910.
Carlisle-Parade.-1910.
Queens Hotel circa 1910
Group portrait in a beach-launched pleasure yacht, possibly the 'New Albertine', in front of the Queens Hotel, Hastings by William Smith (1910)
Denmark Place 1912
Queens-Hotel.-1913.
Carlisle-Parade-1916
Carlisle-Parade.-1917.
Harold-Place-1917
Aerial-view-of-the-town-centre-with-the-beached-submarine-1919.
From-the-Queens-Hotel.-1919.
The-Beached-submarine-1919
The-beached-Sumarine-U118-at-Harold-Place.-1919.
Carlisle-Parade.-1920.
Hastings Beach c1920
Albertine-and-possibly-the-Skylark-Yachts-by-the-Queens-Hotel-1920
Harold Place Beach 1924
View-looking-West-from-Castle-1925
Queens Hotel 1927
Parade-Beach.-1928.
Caroline Parade Castle Street c1930
Promenade Construction Carlisle Parade
The-new-promenade-Just-after-completion.-1934.
Queens-Hotel-Restaurant-on-Harold-Place-1935.
Hastings New Promenade ^ Underground Car Park - Posted 29th August 1935 - Includes message - Flickr - drew anywhere
Robertson Terrace c1935
Queens Hotel c1935
White Rock Beach 1936
Queens Hotel c1937
11th-March-1937.-D-H-Nobles-Humber-at-the-head-of-a-line-of-cars-waiting-to-take-the-road-test-at-an-RAC-Rally-at-Hastings.
View over Hastings from the Castle c1946
WhiteRock-1947
Harold-Place-showing-a-bomb-site-to-where-a-Restaurant-once-stood.-1947.
View along Carlisle Parade from Hastings Pier c1947
Harold-Place-showing-the-bomb-sites-c1947
Queens-Hotel-1948-
Harold-Place.-1948.
Harold-Place.-1954.
Denmark-place-1956
A-nice-aerial-shot-of-the-Central-Cricket-Ground.-1956.
Carlisle-Parade-1956
1959
The Beach From Hastings Castle - Posted 17th June 1961 - Includes message - Flickr - drew anywhere
Robertson Terrace c1960
Mods and Rockers invasion 1964 03
Queens Hotel c1965
Robertson Terrace c1970s
QueensHotel1972
Queens Hotel and Denmark Place 1972
Queens Hotel 1972
Carlisle Parade 1980
Carlisle Parade 1977
Hastings St Leonards - 1980s Footage Harold Place YouTube