By the time this photo was taken in 1987 the cupola to the top of the building, used as an art studio by Thomas Walker, has been removed. The porch has also been removed and the conservatory between the main building and the chapel has been replaced with a solid structure.
HHT&N 2014
Date (of image) : 1987
Donor : Hartlepool Library Services
Part of the "Hartlepool Public Houses" collection
Location
The Staincliffe Hotel, Seaton Carew.
The Staincliffe Hotel was built in 1869 as a house for the wealthy Hartlepool merchant Thomas Walker. The large villa was sold following Walkers death and the new owner added a billiards room to the rear in 1903. In 1921 the building was sold to Cresswell Gray, for use as a convalescence home for the workers of his father's ship building firm. The building was sold again in 1929 and converted to a hotel, the original conservatory was demolished in the 1930s and replaced with a ballroom. This large villa, formerly situated within very extensive grounds, occupies a large plot on the cliff top facing east over the North Sea. The building is of brick construction, painted and rendered, under a mixture of pitched and hipped roofs of slate. Its eclectic styling consists of several sections, including a main central section to the front of two storeys with attics and cellars, which has a shaped gable and a crennellated tower of three storeys.
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