History of 24 Westgate

From the roof line, this house appears to be one of a pair with No. 26, which was at some point converted to a single house intertwined with no 22. This is the smaller of the two properties and timber-framed, as is no 26, whose roof it shares.

Before 1813 it belonged to Thomas Green and William Bayley the younger. 

By 1813 -1854, Mary and John Holmartin are in residence. Followed by:

in 1855 – 1865, Thomas Pearce (Mariner) 

1865 – 1889, Louisa Pearce with Robert Arnell Smith 

and 1889 – 1897, Robert Arnell Smith (Master mariner) 

From 1901 it appears to have stopped being used as a property for let and was lived in by the then owner.

Richard Brownfield 2025

By Colin Hicks

Site Admin - Westgate street history, Chichester

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