6, Little East Street

BRIGHTON

TQ3103NW LITTLE EAST STREET 577-1/46/390 (East side) 13/10/52 No.6 (Formerly Listed as: LITTLE EAST STREET No.6 Andrew's Cottage)

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Originally 2 shops. Late C18 or early C19, combined in 1845. Stucco scored to imitate ashlaring. Roof of tile. 2 storeys over basement. Each unit has one window-range. The ground floor is taken up by 2 early shop fronts, that on the right being slightly narrower than that on the left. Each front consists of a segmental bay window, to the right of which is a flat-arched entrance. Each entrance topped by an entablature with a broad, projecting cornice supported by a pair of console brackets. Entablature with modillioned cornice runs across the top of both fronts; the cornice terminates at the left in a console bracket stop. Flat-arched windows to first floor. Guttered eaves. Stack to left party wall. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: in the early C19 the left hand unit was home to a stationer's shop and the right to an ironmongery and hardware store. In 1845 the whole building became a fishing tackle shop run by Samuel Andrew, whose family ran the business until the Second World War. Commonly known as "Andrew's Cottage" it became a tailor's shop before becoming a cafe-restaurant with a music licence. (Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-: 115L).

Listing NGR: TQ3113603942