Pulpit Gate
Pulpit Pulpitt Gate in All Saints' Street is part of Hastings Old Town. All Saints' Street is a mostly residential street with three public houses and a church. Most of the historic buildings are listed.
There used to be a shop here at the bottom of the road which was a hairdressers and general store until it was decided to remove the premises in the early 1930’s in the Old Town redevelopment scheme, and replace it with a replica building know as ‘Pulpit Gate’. This building was built from old ships timbers imported from places such as Newhaven, Rye and Hastings, also other places that built ships too. People are under the impression that this building dates from the 17th century, (well the timbers might!) but was built around 1956/7.
Hastings Old Town is a little enclave of interest snuggled between two hills at the far eastern end of this seaside town – it’s physically, in look and feel, quite separate from the rest of Hastings. A picturesque jumble of weather-boarded cottages, mossy-roofed townhouses and narrow 'twittens' (passageways), it’s home to a thriving artsy community, which feeds plenty of cafés, restaurants and independent shops selling art and antiques, upmarket homewares, flowers, artisan bread and more. Down on the seafront is The Stade, where the tall black net huts of the town’s still-working fishing fleet (the largest beach-launched fleet in Europe) abut the sleek, black-tiled Jerwood Gallery of modern art. For the best views of Old Town, take one of the two old funiculars that scoop you up the hills on either side: West Hill, topped by the ruins of the old castle erected by William I after his victory at the Battle of Hastings; or East Hill, the start of a three-mile stretch of a fascinating coastline that makes up Hastings County Park.
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Pulpit Gate
Pulpit Pulpitt Gate in All Saints' Street is part of Hastings Old Town. All Saints' Street is a mostly residential street with three public houses and a church. Most of the historic buildings are listed.
There used to be a shop here at the bottom of the road which was a hairdressers and general store until it was decided to remove the premises in the early 1930’s in the Old Town redevelopment scheme, and replace it with a replica building know as ‘Pulpit Gate’. This building was built from old ships timbers imported from places such as Newhaven, Rye and Hastings, also other places that built ships too. People are under the impression that this building dates from the 17th century, (well the timbers might!) but was built around 1956/7.
Hastings Old Town is a little enclave of interest snuggled between two hills at the far eastern end of this seaside town – it’s physically, in look and feel, quite separate from the rest of Hastings. A picturesque jumble of weather-boarded cottages, mossy-roofed townhouses and narrow 'twittens' (passageways), it’s home to a thriving artsy community, which feeds plenty of cafés, restaurants and independent shops selling art and antiques, upmarket homewares, flowers, artisan bread and more. Down on the seafront is The Stade, where the tall black net huts of the town’s still-working fishing fleet (the largest beach-launched fleet in Europe) abut the sleek, black-tiled Jerwood Gallery of modern art. For the best views of Old Town, take one of the two old funiculars that scoop you up the hills on either side: West Hill, topped by the ruins of the old castle erected by William I after his victory at the Battle of Hastings; or East Hill, the start of a three-mile stretch of a fascinating coastline that makes up Hastings County Park.
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2992095
richardpollard.co.uk/hastings-st-leonards-in-old-pictures...
www.coolplaces.co.uk/places/uk/england/east-sussex/hastin...