A large historic hotel in Southsea. Origins (1861–1865): The site originally housed “Southsea House,” a large private residence designed by architect Augustus Livesay in 1861 for Sir John and Lady Morris. Around 1865, during a boom in Southsea tourism and development, William Kemp Junior...

Taken prior to 1901.

HOTEL ET RESTAURANT CROISSANT D'OR INC. G. Aubey, Prop. RIVIERE-DU-LOUP, Québec, Canada.

Caption: After the Guildhall was gutted in the blitz the area around the huge building was fenced off as a safety precaution. Life had to continue and people are pictured here waiting for buses and going about their normal business. Across the square the Sussex Hotel stands on the corner of...

WESTERN PARADE 1900 The extension of upper-middle class Southsea took place between 1860 and 1885. The Grosvenor Hotel was opened in the early 1880s on the site of the old Cricketers' Tavern, which stood upon Froddington Heath, now Southsea Common.

A fire gutted the entire hotel on 8th December 1901.

Back reads "Joan with Jennifer at Windsor, 1950". Partially shows The South Western Hotel (background).

Date unknown, circa early 1900s. Reproduced with kind permission from Shafeeq Wilson

Royal Pier Hotel, Southsea Terrace, Portsmouth. Now University of Portsmouth - Rees Hall, Halls of Residence

Early 1900s between 1904-1916