Augusta House
The seafront property was originally built in 1805 and named Trafalgar House after Nelson’s famous victory over the French and Spanish.
It was renamed Augusta House to commemorate the stay, in 1829 – 30, of Princess Augusta a daughter of George III.
The town was illuminated in her honour and the Chapel of Ease (later St Paul’s Church and now The Venue) had 3 pews upholstered in red cloth for her use.
By the 1870s Augusta House’s name had fallen out of use, and Worthing Directories of the time list it simply as 65 Marine Parade.
Like many other seafront properties it became a lodging house.
Bought eventually by Horace & Mary Thimms it opened in 1893 as a “High Class Boarding Establishment” named The Stanhoe Hotel, named from Stanhoe Lodge, Horace’s father residence in North London.
The Thimms stayed until 1907 and the property changed hands frequently in the following years.
Edlins Ltd bought the property just before the Second World War and demolished it together with nearby Augusta cottage.
The Stanhoe Hotel was rebuilt by Edlins in 1950 and demolished in 1970 .
A residential block named Augusta House now occupies the site.
Source : A Millennium Encyclopaedia of Worthing History by D. Robert Elleray
David Pateman www.worthingsociety.org.uk
