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.