The Sackville, 27-29 De La Warr Parade
| The Sackville, 27-29 De La Warr Parade | |
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| LL ref: | 173 |
| Start date: | 23 July 1890 |
| Architect: | Mr. Audrey |
| Builder: | unknown |
| Original use: | Hotel |
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The Sackville Hotel was, originally, a row of four dwellings incorporated into one large building. It has an octagonal corner tower and continuous roofed 1st floor balconies forming canted bays. The hotel was designed by a Mr. Audrey and opened by Lord Delaware in July 1890 and marked the beginning of the fashionable resort which flourished until the First World War. Viscount Cantaloupe and his family resided here until they moved into the restored Manor House, in 1892.
In 1897, the family sold the Sackville to Frederick Hotels Ltd who owned it for the next 60 years. It had 155 bedrooms and a suite of stately public rooms added in 1900 formed the setting for most of the town’s principal social functions. In 1920, a lounge and promenade was added to the main frontage. In the post Second World War years the Sackville declined as the traditional seaside holiday was replaced with holidays abroad.
In 1956 it was announced that the hotel was to close and in 1963 it was bought for conversion into flats, its present day use.