Elizabeth Hayes Good took over the running of the Seven Stars Inn after the death of her husband George at the age of 44 in October 1878. She remained as landlady until 1899 when the Inn was sold to Camerons.

The Seven Stars Inn may have been built after George Pearson's New Inn in 1792 but is more likely to have been a converted cottage of an earlier date. John Corner appears to have been the first landlord with his daughter Elizabeth Hayes Good & her husband George following until George's death in 1873. Elizabeth, born c1830, carried on as landlady until 1899 when the Inn was sold. Elizabeth died in 1904.

The Inn was sold by auction on 8 June 1899 to Camerons and Co., West Hartlepool for the sum of £5200. In August an application was granted to rebuild the Seven Stars 'so as to make it a handsome building for the accommodation of visitors and others.' The new building was the Marine Hotel.

The Seven Stars Inn was first licenced in the early 1800s and in 1899 was bought by Cameron's at auction. The current Marine Hotel was built on the site in 1900 and to commemorate this, seven stars are depicted on the outside of the building.

In the early years of the hotel, the owner John Corner brewed beer himself in the inn.

(from Lion Roars and Monkey Bites by Marie-Louise McKay)

The name over the door is 'Good's'. From 1853-1881, the landlord was George Good and from 1881-1900 it was Elizabeth Good (daughter of the first landlord, John Corner)

The smaller building to the right is still part of the current Marine Hotel.

Seven Stars Inn in 1853. It was demolished and the Marine Hotel built on the site in 1900/1901. The large house next door was Ashburne House and belonged to Edward Backhouse who used it for his summer visits to Seaton. When he died in 1879 the house was left to Edward Backhouse Mounsey.  The house was eventually demolished and the land became a car park.

Showing the Marine Hotel, car park and what was Krimo's Restaurant in April 2005. The cottages shown on the previous photo remain. One became part of the Marine Hotel's dining room & the other was converted into flats.

Landlady Elizabeth Hayes Good (born c1830 died 1904) at the rear of the Seven Stars Inn, Seaton Carew. In June 1900 an auction was held for all the fixtures & fittings & a pony trap from the Seven Stars before the inn was demolished to make way for the Marine Hotel.