The forum have identified a number of non-designated heritage assets and they are being assessed at the moment: they are listed below, with a map below identifying some of the sites. If we have prepared an assessment it will be accessible on line by clicking the name of the site. The sites are available in a table by clicking here
Bo-Peep Hotel / Public House
Adjacent steps - Add from Bo Peep to West Hill
Hastleon Hall
Judges Postcards
Marina Fountain Public House
Marina Park and shopfronts along Bexhill Road - Victorian parade of shops
Shelters in West Marina Gardens and nearby early 20th Century seafront shelters
Steps to St Leonards Church - From West Hill
St Ethelburga Church
Statue of King Harold and Edith Swan Neck
Sussex Steps - From Caves Road to West Hill
Tram Sheds - Bexhill Road,currently occupied by Coleman drink distributors
Wealden sandstone wall along West Hill Road
West Marina Gardens
Burton’s St Leonards
Old Bathing Pool Site ? here or in greenspaces or both
Filsham Farmhouse - Listed building
St Mary’s Chapel - Listed site
Bull Inn - Listed building
Wreck of the Amsterdam - Protected wreck
The Highlands Hotel:1-10, HIGHLANDS MEWS - Listed building
This is the map of the area with some of the sites identified:
In the Neighbourhood Plan, Strategic Policy 7 – SPF Strategic Policy 7 (SP7):
Protecting and Enhancing the Historic Environment draws on the Hastings Heritage Strategy and Action Plan
The following points have been noted on this report and the linked policy
1. para 4.0 (p16) – references – nothing on the strategy for CVCP
2. Through the lists of sites, only passing reference to CVCP. Filsham Reedbed is noted as a Wildlife TrustT and the Combe Valley SSSI is shown on the maps
3. Para 6.5 Landscape and ecological value references CVCP
4. Para 7.3 Involvement – Local Community Organisations – none identified – NB the way the Heritage Plan was outsourced rather than doing it via Hastings Heritage Forum, missed an opportunity to involve a local organisation with links across the community in the preparation of this Action Plan
5. General point that West St Leonard’s history is largely ignored.
(a) There is reference to St Mary’s Church Ruin,
but not to
(b) the Bull Inn with its long history and the community on Galley Hill
(c) the ancient history of the area, the changing estuary of Combe Haven, with inland ports pre Roman as well as Viking times
(d) the recent 19th and 20th Century industrial history, in particular around the development of the railways as well as the light industrial centre for Hastings – the steam laundry, brick works, and just outside the borough boundary the gas works now the site of the Ravenside Shopping Centre
(e) The leisure industry – reference is made to the St Leonards Pier and the Bathing Pool – both lost and a lack of interest shown by the Borough in enabling the area to develop
6. SO3 – the notes on this strategy concentrat on Hastings Old Town, ignoring West St Leonards
7. Bulverhythe and Glyne Gap 4C25
(a) Information on the shore line in West St Leonards is available onthe shoreline planning documents
The map is available by clicking here
(b) There are the specific possibilities
i. Develop the old Bathing Pool Site as a destination site for visitors and local people
ii. Improve the shopping area in Bexhill Road
iii. Improve access to West St Leonards Station
iv. Expand West St Leonards Station with a platform on the Bexhill line, east of the old West Marina Station
(c) Throughout West St Leonards improve cycle routes – both east west and north south
(d) Improve signposting
(e) Designate and protect the open spaces in West St Leonards.
9. The Action Plan needs to include reference to the needs of West St Leonards