Welcome to Staith House Bed and Breakfast

Gurmit, Jindy and Jeevan warmly welcome you to Staith House, our lovely Edwardian family home and guest house situated in a leafy town crescent just a few minutes from London Gatwick Airport (LGW). We offer a very comfortable Gatwick bed and breakfast service at reasonable prices, with breakfasts at flexible times to suit flight departures.

Guests staying at our bed and breakfast have their own dining/sitting room, which opens onto the garden. There are books, papers and magazines, playing cards and board games. Children are most welcome (see Facilities section), as are those who are travelling alone. The guest house can provide guests with private parking and we make arrangements for airport transfers on arrival.

Ideal for business bookings, we have the facility of WI-FI internet access. We also offer longer-term accommodation at special rates.

There are good restaurants and pubs within easy walking distance. The railway station is 3 minutes walk, taking 35 minutes to Central London and 30 minutes to Brighton. We are surrounded by the beautiful English Downs countryside of Surrey and Sussex.

The House

Built circa 1910 by a local builder, Jennings, on farmland owned by Russell’s Farm.

The house was initially named ‘Holyrood House’. Just before the second World War, it was renamed ‘The Warren’ and by the late 1950s it had become known as ‘Ishera’.

Some time in the 1960s, it was named ‘Staith House’. Presumably the owners were fond of the water because a ‘staith’ is a landing place for watercraft.

The house exists today very much as it was built around 100 years ago. It has retained all its original doors (modified for fire safety), windows (some modern double glazed panels inserted in the original oak frames), skirtings, most fireplaces and some plaster detailings. In 2003, we removed the original cast iron bath and Royal Doulton wash basin and taps from what was the family bathroom and have now divided this room into two. The original bathroom was tiled on every surface (except ceiling) with antique white tiles, none of which could be recovered. There was even a floor drain presumably for wet mopping. The removed items of sanitary ware are in a good condition and have been renovated and re-used elsewhere in the house. Most of the glass in the dining room windows is original. If you look carefully you can see how rippled and distorted even good quality glass was 100 years ago.

Parts of the roof were replaced in 2005 with clay tiles matching the originals.