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At Fountain Place in 1878 & earlier. This sea front pub was built in 1837 and is now called the Marina Fountain to avoid confusion with another Fountain pub in Queen's Road 2 miles away (see
Hastings list). A very popular pub with the young and not so young, the Fountain is a well patronised biker and everyone else friendly pub with live rock music
most weekends and often other types of music at other times. Raised stage area with pool table on it when no bands are playing. Regular quiz nights are also a
feature. No special facilities for the disabled, but double doors and everything on one level, so I can't forsee any problems except for narrow toilet doors.
Disabled people often do use the pub, but can usually walk short distances. This pub is worth a visit if only to gawp at the splendid array of superb motorbikes
often parked outside, the chopped motorbike on stage and Fred Flintstone's old motorcycle in the beer garden. Beer garden/child's play area at rear with
fascinating example of heavy Victorian civil engineering holding up the cliff behind the pub which may be related to this
1863 event:
Landlady Stephenie Beale runs, what in my opinion, is the best pub for many miles, certainly the best in the Hastings/St Leonards area. I have no connection
with this pub other than as a very satisfied customer who regularly travels three miles to get there, passing at least thirty other pubs on the way. ***
Directory of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St Leonards, Sussex.
Fountain, 26 Caves Road, St Leonards - in 2009
Kindly provided by Philip Carter
Residents at this address
1840/Charles Vine, Fountain, Bopeep/../../Pigots Directory
1859/S Noakes/../../../Post Office Directory
1866/W Jenks/../../../Post Office Directory
1878/Wm Nuttman/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/William B Nuttman/Licensed Victualler/31/Cheam, Surrey/Census
1881/Ann Nuttman/Wife/29/Cooksey, Worcester/Census
1881/William B Nuttman/Son/5/St Leonards, Sussex/Census
1881/Jack B Nuttman/Son/2/St Leonards, Sussex/Census
1881/Fred Nuttman/Son/11 months/St Leonards, Sussex/Census
1890/Timothy Hammond/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Charles Webber/../../../Post Office Directory
1905/Wm Pompey Glazebrook/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Tom Sellick/../../../Post Office Directory
1918/Walter Emery/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1921 at The Fountain Hotel, St Leonards
Tilden Smith, Licensed Victualler, aged 58 years 0 months, and born in Battle, Sussex, Own Account
Selina Smith, Wife, aged 58 years 8 months, and born in Sussex
Thomas Arthur Smith, Son, Motor Mechanic, Holdawayo Nephew, Furniture Removers, aged 23 years 10 months, and born in Pevensey, Sussex
Lena Margaret Smith, Daughter, Barmaid, J Smith , aged 19 years 6 months, and born in Pevensey, Sussex
Elizabeth Alice Ackerley, Lodger, Waitress, Linsey, Confectioner, aged 42 years 2 months, and born in Stafford, Staffordshire
1938/Samuel J Clee/../../../Post Office Directory
In the 1939 electoral refister at the Fountain Hotel, West Marina
Samuel J Clee, Licensed Victualler, Widowed, born 06 Mar 1893
Leonard J Clee, Groceries Shop Assistant, born 25 Aug 1921
Joy (T)White, Housekeeper, born 28 Apr 1910
My Grandfather, Henry Gurton was the landlord of the pub,approximately the mid 1950's to the very early 1970's. I spent many happy hours as a child in and around the pub and have many fond memories of the place and the events that happened in what was called the Club room at the back (all now knocked through).
I have also seen online, a coach trip photo outside the pub in 1954, & Im convinced its my granfparents leaning out of the upstairs windows, though I cant be sure as its a bit blurry. *
* Provided By L. Williams
*** Provided By Terry Huggins