About The Memorial Studios
ORIGINAL VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO FOR HIRE ON A DAILY BASIS .
* Plan: North-facing
top-lit studios above shops, on a prominent flat-iron site in the center of commercial Hastings.
* Intactness: Largely
unaltered upper floor exteriors and sufficient of the studio layout to
demonstrate its function.
* Rarity: Unusual and early survival of a once common
seaside facility, which in this case was purpose-built.
* Historical interest: Continuous well-documented use as
photographic studios which illustrates the development of the profession from
the mid-C19 to early C20 in the context of the seaside resort.
It is here that I uncovered the north facing window and am
continuing my trade as an artist with the best north light on the south coast.
The Memorial Studio is a rare survival. More than a thousand photographic portrait studios were established in the UK between 1839 and 1901. Fewer than two dozen are known to remain. Purpose built in 1864, The Memorial Studio was an attraction in Hastings for 54 years until 1918, then disappeared for 104 years. Among many other things it became storage for British Telecom, an insurance company office and a workshop making orthopedic supports.
In 2012, artist Beatrice Lacey took it over as her studio and removed the false ceiling that had long concealed the North skylight.
To hire this unique Victorian natural light studio contact Beatrice https://laceyfineart.com/contact