Part of The Havelock Hotel, Holy Trinity

On 24 Jun 1861 Henry Barham leased the property to Thomas Turner hotelkeeper from 25 Mar for 99 years; the lease was assigned to Edward Hewett of St Leonards brewer on 11 Feb 1868 for £1100 who leased back to Turner for 10 years on 15 Feb (AMS5828/28/1-4)

On 6 Apr 1881 Hewett & his mortgagee leased the property (the bar & wine office of the hotel, plan on deed) to the Havelock Hotel Company of 3 Copthall Buildings, London (AMS5828/28/5 - 9)

On 30 Nov 1883 an extraordinary AGM resolved to wind up the company and Charles Armstrong & John Reeves were appointed liquidators. On 11 Aug 1885 Hewett's executors assigned the lease to Charles Barber & William Alpheus Higgs of Southwark tea dealers who paid off one of the outstanding mortgages (AMS5828/28/10 - 15). Two shops and basements were leased to John Elmslie of St Leonards provision dealer on 12 Mar 1887; enclosed is an undated plan for structural alterations

On 24 May 1888 Catherine Ann Barber of Portslade widow assigned her interest to W A Higgs for £1500. A certificate of Edward Hewett's death on 10 Mar 1885 was obtained 29 Oct 1888 (16 - 19)