The Staincliffe Hotel, Seaton Carew.
The Staincliffe Hotel was built in 1869 as a house for the wealthy Hartlepool merchant Thomas Walker. The large villa was sold following Walkers death and the new owner added a billiards room to the rear in 1903. In 1921 the building was sold to Cresswell Gray, for use as a convalescence home for the workers of his father's ship building firm. The building was sold again in 1929 and converted to a hotel, the original conservatory was demolished in the 1930s and replaced with a ballroom. This large villa, formerly situated within very extensive grounds, occupies a large plot on the cliff top facing east over the North Sea. The building is of brick construction, painted and rendered, under a mixture of pitched and hipped roofs of slate. Its eclectic styling consists of several sections, including a main central section to the front of two storeys with attics and cellars, which has a shaped gable and a crennellated tower of three storeys.
The men of the Fourth Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) outside the Staincliffe Hotel, Seaton Carew, with the two regimental dogs and six German shells discovered after the bombardment of Hartlepool in 1914.
More detail »Infantry Officers and sergeants outside the Staincliffe Hotel with unexploded shells from the bombardment.
More detail »Two workmen setting up scaffolding on the Staincliffe Hotel.
More detail »By the time this photo was taken in 1987 the cupola to the top of the building, used as an art studio by Thomas Walker, has been removed. The porch has also been removed and the conservatory between the main building and the chapel has been replaced with a solid structure.
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More detail »The Staincliffe Hotel, The Front, Seaton Carew 2014
More detail »Built in 1869 as a private residence for Thomas Walker. This photo was taken from the beach.
More detail »The Staincliffe, Seaton Carew whilst it was still a private dwelling.
More detail »Taken when still a private residence, Staincliffe Villas and the lighthouse can be seen to the right.
More detail »Pots containing large orchids flourish in the conservatory of Staincliffe House.
More detail »An old postcard dated 1908 showing the rear of the house with the tennis courts and greenhouse.
More detail »The Forstad family out in force at Muriel Johnson's wedding at the Staincliffe Hotel, Seaton Carew, sometime in the 1950s. In the front row we have (left to right), Joan, Olive and Jane Forstad, and Violet Smurthwaite.
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