Brighton, A Very Peculiar History by David Arscott

Author:David Arscott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gift, information, britain, england, seaside, author, holiday, regency, quirky, odd, interesting, stories, tourism, celebration, prince, modern, british, tradition, pavilion, architecture
ISBN: 9781908759283
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2012
Published: 2012-01-27T00:00:00+00:00

Preston Manor

Preston Manor is just north of Brighton, on the road to London. How old is it? Well, that depends which part of it you’re talking about:

• 13th century. There are the remains of a two-roomed building in the basement.

• 16th century. Two old doorways survive in the basement, too.

• 18th century. Thomas Western rebuilt the house above the main floor of the medieval building, and put up small pavilions on either side of the main block.

• 20th century. In 1905 the house was enlarged, with a dining room and servants’ wing being added and a veranda gracing the north front.

So what you see today is the home of a well-to-do family in the Edwardian era.

For many visitors the fascinating parts of the house are the servants’ quarters, the butler’s pantry, the maids’ room and the kitchen – which remain just as they were.

In the garden there’s a pets’ cemetery. Here you’ll find the graves of a Town Hall cat, a Pavilion cat and poor Sooty, ‘who was cruelly poisoned’.

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