The History of 5 Chichester Terrace

First occupied in 1859, census records show this house occupied by a succession of three households over the next fifty years:

John Lee, Gentleman, his wife and six servants; then Henry Alexander, JP and “Fundholder”, and his household of seven servants; and finally James Miller, retired Major General, with his wife and servants. Clearly then, as now, a seaside resort was a select place for husbands and wives to retire with their private wealth.

Like several other properties on the Estate, the house was used as a convalescent home from 1917 until 1923 for officers wounded in the Great War. Shortly after this it was then divided into separate flats.