The History of 45 Sussex Square

Brighton Gazette and Lewes Observer, 5 November 1829

Sales Particulars

UNRESERVED SALE. BY MR. CREASY, the Old Ship Tavern, Brighton, Friday, the 271h November, 1829, at one o’clock, order of the Assignees of George Strafford,» Bankrupt, FREEHOLD CARCASE OF A MANSION. situate and being No, 45, on the east side of Sussex Square, Kemp Town.—May viewed and full particulars the Auction Mart, London; of Mr. S. W. Peunelt, Solicitor. Ship-street; the place of Sale;

The house was a Ladies School for thirty years, from the early 1850s until 1883. It was then the home of Henry Collier, colonial merchant, and subsequently his widow, from 1884 until 1926.