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Sea House

Photos: then and now

South Street

Sea House

Image reproduced with permission from Brighton History Centre

Sea House

Photo by Mike Snewin

Added to the site on 06-01-05

This page was added on 22/03/2006.

Comments:

Goodness me! I forgot about the Sea House pub. Used to go in there in the 70s. What is this building now?

By Sue (07/04/2005)

This used to be a very good pub, me and my mates used to hang out here a lot. What a shame!

By Alan (21/06/2005)

The building has now been demolished. It was a real shame as I'm sure it could've been restored.

By Aaron (16/09/2005)

The Sea House was always the last stop on the way to Sherrys night club in the 1970s. You needed a tie to enter Sherrys and, if you had forgotten it, the barman in the Sea House always had a supply of hideous ones that he would sell you, but they did the trick.

By Alan Purton (16/05/2006)

I've lived in West Street/South Street for over 5 years and could see this pub from my window. It is a pity that it was demolished rather than restored. It was already in this state when I arrived in 2000 so it must have deteriorated quite quickly since 1987 when the other photo was taken. There was a tree growing out of the roof and when I asked one of the men who were demolishing it he said it came all the way from the ground! Also there were a couple more trees growing inside. It must have been built more than a hundred years ago and had lasted well all that time, but it only took a few years of neglect for it to get in this state. It's a shame.

By Amanda (07/08/2006)

As a pupil at Middle Street Primary in the 1960s I had a friend who lived at the Sea House - landlord's son perhaps? There was an enclosed yard at the back , which might explain the trees, and it was a warren of a place with many dusty unused rooms upstairs full old trunks, old furniture and who knows what.
I was told that there was a tunnel from the extensive cellars leading to one of the seafront arches under Kings Road and that these tunnels had been used by "smugglers" !

By Adrian Baron (05/02/2007)

I spent three weeks in Brighton in the summer of 1987, and The Sea House was by far my favourite pub. Its friendly atmosphere made it kind of a home away from home. It's really sad to see what has happened to it. I was kind of hoping it would still be there if I ever came back, but I guess nothing's forever.

By Svein-Inge (04/05/2008)

The Seahouse is now reborn under the name of Entourage within 'The Seahouse' as the building is still named. Entourage is a luxury bar and is proud of the history that the site it sits on has.

By Jeremy Nargi (29/06/2008)