THE NORTHERN HOTEL - Key Persons

With the coming of the railway to the South Coast in the 1840's more visitors were to discover the delights of Bexhill. An early arrival, Lord de la Warr, seeing the great possibilities of the area, began developing the land between the old Saxon village of Bexlei and the sea. At the peak of British colonialism, Lord de la Warr advertised the new town in the Calcutta Times as "ideal for the Army Officer and his family to take his leave or retirement", and so set the style of quiet refinement for which the town is noted. As a result, many substantial properties were built within yards of the seashore, and a terrace of six such town houses now comprise The Northern Hotel.