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153 Middle Street
Deal
Above drawing by Peter Hollingsworth & Co, Building and Electrical
contractors who have recently (2017) been responsible for renovating the
building.
https://www.pahollingworth.co.uk/casestudy |
The above photo shows the gardens at the back of the "Redan" although
when the photograph was taken the name had changed to the "Clifton
Hotel." I am informed by Simon Gregory whose photo it was taken
from, the following:- The view of Redan, formerly the "Clifton
Hotel," shows the tea rooms in the garden attached to the back of
the building in Middle Street.
The vast building was once owned by Deal’s great benefactor, Sir
Ernest Justice Charles, who lived along the seafront at ‘Bruce House’.
He changed the style of the gardens so that they now belong to that
seafront property.
My grandfather, Morgan Jones, a fiery Welsh miner, was employed by
Sir Ernest as live in caretaker when the large rooms below were let out
as a Boxing Club and Scout Hall.
I was born in ‘Redan’ and my own story of living there as a child
until my family was rehoused in a prefab at Upper Deal, is told in ‘The
Prefab Kid’.
It will be mentioned briefly in my forthcoming book ( August 2021 )
“Secret Deal and Walmer’ to be published by Amberley Press.
Gregory Holyoake (Deal’s Historian). |
This premises I have found mentioned once when as reported in the Deal,
Walmer & Sandwich Telegram on 15 September 1858 at the Petty Sessions
Licensing Day, and states:-
William Peckham applied for a spirit licence for the "Redan," in
Middle Street. Request refused, however, he was still there in 1874 and is
listed in the Post Office Directory of the same year under publicans.
According to David G. Collyer, while being altered on one occasion when
the carpenters working on the staircase saw the figure of of a lady, dressed
like old-fashioned milkmaid descend the staircase, then vanish through a
wall. The two workmen fled, leaving their task unfinished, and refused to
return.
On 3 September 1896 the Deal Licensing Register reported that the pub
changed name to the "Clifton Hotel". But
according to licensee records must have changed around about 1882 at the
latest.
The above photograph, kindly sent by Patricia Streater, shows 153 Middle
Street as it is today, but I don't believe this to be the "Redan." I
believe the numbering of the street changed and the house we are looking
for is today numbered 102. See "Clifton"
which the "Redan" was later called.
Regarding the renumbering of Middle Street, Deal. The numbers went
consecutively along one side of the road and then back down the other.
Nobody is certain when the renumbering took place for definite but seems
to be started in 1878 and finished by 1898. It ended up being odd
numbers on one side of the road and even on the other. (Patricia
Streater.)
Above photo also from Patricia Streater show a better view of the
street. Street renumbering does prove confusing. |
LICENSEE LIST
PECKHAM William 1858-74
(age 54 in 1861 )
   
alehouse
PARROTT James White 1881+ (age 57 in 1881)
https://pubwiki.co.uk/Redan.shtml
From the Deal Telegram
From the Post Office Directory 1866-67
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Kelly's Directory 1874
Census
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