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Re: Pier House New Brighton
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22nd Feb 2021 2:27pm
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1909 local map has the whole building as the Royal Ferry Hotel. The original Ferry hotel was apparently built in 1850 to take advantage of visitors landing at the wooden pier which was built in 1830 and lasted until 1865. This was the building facing onto Victoria Road. Haven't yet discovered when the remainder of the building was added. Maybe by George Mason around 1870s as he was kown to be wealthy and on the Wallasey Local Board. Picked this up here: https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/536188/2.htmlThe Ferry Hotel, at the base of Victoria Road, opened in c1850 and was in a favourable position to attract customers as it was the first building passengers would come across after alighting from their ferry-boat.
After Isabella Graves death her 26 year old great niece Ann Graves took over the tenancy of the Ferry Hotel. In 1857 the hotel was taken over by the notable architect Stephen Eyre who designed St. Albans Church with J.A Hanson in 1852-1853. Eyre remained at the hotel for 10 years and was succeeded by Miss Ann Tennant, a 30 year old, who changed the name of the hotel for a short period to 'Royal Hotel'. In 1869 Ann left to take up duties at the Magazine Hotel, Magazine Brow and was replaced by the one time proprietor of the Queen's Hotel, Conway Street, Birkenhead, George Mason, who changed the title of the hotel to 'Royal Ferry Hotel'. George was a wealthy shipowner and was elected a member of the Wallasey Local Board in 1870. After George retired in 1879 his son, Edward, became the proprietor until 1889 when he left to take up the tenancy of the Queen's Hotel in Conway Street and in 1892 was elected as a member of Birkenhead Borough Council, becoming Mayor of Birkenhead in 1897-1898. It is worth noting that Mason Street, off Victoria Road, and formally known as Black Diamond Street, takes its name from the family. Today the hotel is now residential flats but had recently been a nightclub called Chelsea Reach and Club Royale.The above reference also includes some memories of sandbagging on high tides and seawater entering the building. So does it now, if not why not?
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Re: Pier House New Brighton
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23rd Feb 2021 3:37pm
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Thank you derekdwc, my poor eyes have squinted at this but cannot see a date. Can you advise? Interested too in the things marked on the sand to the left of the pier. Thank you. I see stairs to the rear of the building so that confirms a basement, which you would expect in a Pub. I see the cuts in the rock heading out to the Fort, I wonder if this was for munitions.
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Re: Pier House New Brighton
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25th Feb 2021 4:13pm
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I went for a walk in New Brighton today and there is a Bakewell & Horner for Sale sign in the window for the property on the corner of Victoria Parade, the building on the right of Pier House. Companies House has, Stanton Ocean Services Limited at that address, 74 Victoria Parade, New Brighton, Wirral, CH45 2PH "STANTON OCEAN SERVICES LIMITED (company# 00016897) is a company registered with Companies House, United Kingdom. The incorporation date is June 5, 1882. The company status is Active." Previous name 'A.J.WRIGHT AND CO LIMITED' from 05 Jun 1882 - 07 Apr 2009.
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