James Gray: Sillwood Hall Hotel, period 1900s, known as Sillwood House, it was built in 1827 for Sir David Scott and became a hotel about 1880. It now forms part of Plummer Roddis premises. jgc_29_013
2018: Sillwood Hall Hotel has been converted to flats. The large conservatory seen on the left (west) side has been demolished and replaced with a row of modern terraced houses, facing Montpelier Road, along the west border of what was the gardens. The rest of the gardens are now a car park and the whole development is enclosed as a gated community. (Photographer: Clare Rogers)
James Gray: A photograph taken in the early morning in the late 1970s. This is the rear view of the buildings on the east side of Sillwood Place, looking south and showing the rear entrance to the Dauphine Hotel jgc_29_017
2018: This small cul de sac is now a car park for residents of the properties adjoining it. (Photographer: Shan Lancaster)
James Gray: Photographs of houses on the east side of this once quiet and decorative cul-de-sac. They were built during the 1820s for Sir David Scott, who occupied Sillwood House and were probably finished in 1829. All recent photographs, dating from the early 1970s. jgc_29_020
2018: Both pictures show Nos 11, 10, 9 (with ‘Oriental’ window and door detailing), 8 and part of 7 Sillwood Place.
James Gray: Photographs of houses on the east side of this once quiet and decorative cul-de-sac. They were built during the 1820s for Sir David Scott, who occupied Sillwood House and were probably finished in 1829. All recent photographs, dating from the early 1970s. jgc_29_021
2018: The houses have all been substantially restored since the 1970s (and the scaffolding at No 5 in this picture shows ongoing maintenance work) but the gardens have grown wild and now mask views of this beautiful terrace. This shows Nos 1-8 Sillwood Place and the pole appearing above the roof of No 8 is the newest addition to the neighbourhood. It is the top of the i360 observation tower on the seafront. (Photographer: Shan Lancaster)
James Gray: The houses of Sillwood Place were built on the site of the Oriental Garden, which was projected in 1825 but abandoned in July 1827. The construction of Sillwood Hall (now part of Plummers premises) was started in August 1827 and the houses of Sillwood Place, leading from Oriental Place up to Sillwood Hall were completed in 1829. For very many years they were all separate dwellings occupied by wealthy people but by the 1870s one or two had been turned into Boarding Houses.
James Gray: By the 1940s all these west side houses had been connected to form the Montpelier Hotel, as seen in the previous photograph, which was taken on 13 December 1959. Later the hotel was closed but a few of the rooms were used for late-night dancing, while the façade of the almost empty buildings slowly but remorselessly deteriorated into abject dilapidation.