Hamptons

This is a shop and workrooms dating from 1898, designed by G H Gray, who was acting as agent for the De La Warr family's Bexhill estate. It was originally built as a tailor's shop with workrooms above and is constructed from red brick and stucco, roofed with slate. The building is three storeys high with an attic, and features a single window.

The attic floor incorporates a round-headed window set within a curved gable, ornamented with a Gibbs surround, ball finials, and console brackets topped with acorn finials. Skylights illuminate the workroom space. The first and second floors feature a canted bay window. On the second floor is a four-light window with wooden sash windows, a stuccoed cornice and plinth. The first floor window has cambered architraves, alternating blocks of brick and stucco, and stuccoed keystones. Brick and stucco pilasters run from the second to the first floors. The original shopfront retains a fascia with a dentil cornice and swansneck pediments at either end, as well as cast iron cresting and pilasters featuring strapwork decoration and swag panels. The curved shopfront incorporates pilasters, wooden panelled risers, and a curved wooden panel displaying the shop's name. The doorway also features a swansneck pediment and fanlight. Interior features include a panelled ceiling, tilework, and panelling. Coloured engraved glass with floral decoration is set below the fascia.

Inside, one wall retains original wooden shelves with a moulded arch, two pilasters, and shelves equipped with brass handles. A fretted wooden arch leads to two original fitting rooms, containing original joinery. This includes elaborate panelwork above the doors, doors with engraved glass panels, built-in mirrors and an original intercom system.