This photograph is of the old tavern at 1 Spring Street as it was in 1935. At that time the whole of the island block between Spring Street, Western Road, Hampton Place and Hampton Street, had been cleared prior to the erection of Mitre House which now covers almost all the entire site. Later the public house was rebuilt on the same spot. The view here is westwards along Hampton Street.
The Shakespeare’s Head was built in the 1830s when Western Road and its environs were being developed. It should not be confused with another public house of the same name, in Chatham Place, which is of a slightly later period.
Image Reference: JG_19_060.tif
Date: 1935
Image Details: Original monochrome image
Size of Original: 204x149
Place: Brighton
Additional Information: No comment
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