tarboat's photos with the keyword: east sussex

The Queen's Hotel opened on Marine Parade in June 1880, making it the last of the grand Victorian hotels built in Eastbourne. The architect was Henry Currey. There are still 33 matching chimneypots on the building.

This spot is the location of a well that supplied water to the town of Rye. In the 18th century there was a pump powered by horses but in 1869 the structure was rebuilt with a steam pump. By 1907 it had become used as a soup kitchen and following decades of various uses, it is now home to the award-winning Rye Waterworks Micropub and Microbrewery. The building is listed Grade II.

In 1806, the Prince of Wales (later George IV) gave assent for the theatre to be built and it opened on 27 June 1807. The theatre struggled until it was purchased in 1854 by actor Henry John Nye Chart, who engaged theatre architect Charles J. Phipps to begin a programme of expansion and redevelopment. The theatre improved its reputation and finances, becoming a respected venue. In 1920, the financial buoyancy of the Theatre enabled the directors to buy adjacent properties and make substantial improvements to the building. In 1923 the Theatre purchased the Colonnade Hotel, now the Colonnade bar and in 1927, the last major structural enlargement was made to the auditorium. On 20 August 1971 it became a Grade II* listed building, listed as "The Theatre Royal and the Colonnade Public House (Number 10) and Attached Colonnade and Stage Entrance to the Theatre Royal". I have no idea why they have been allowed to paint the stone collonade in a faux terracotta red.

Eastbourne is a town with plenty of domes. Here are a couple of those found on the pier on the pavilion that was completed in 1888.

In 1733 the Mayor and Jurats of Rye asked permission of Lord Wilmington to erect a water cistern or tower for public use in the corner of the churchyard. Permission was soon granted and the tower was completed during 1735 bringing a much improved water supply to the town.

Hunslet Engine Co 3163 of 1953, running as former J94 Austerity 68032, crosses the road in pouring rain as it runs round its train at Bodiam.