Wealden Times | WT233 | October 2021 | Kitchen & Bathroom supplement inside

House on the High Street,
provided many of the fabrics.
Bathroom fixtures, fittings,
floorings and carpets were
sourced from Kiley’s Carpets,
WC1 Bathrooms in Ore
and Shade’s Tiles, all local
suppliers. Artisanal maker
Hastings Soap Company
supplies the soaps and hand
lotions throughout the
rooms. “It’s very important
for us,” says George, “to
keep our footprint to a
minimum. When you run
a restaurant, and now with
the guest accommodation at
Moore House, you become
very aware of how much
waste you create and what
you leave behind within the
environment as waste. We
wanted to ensure that our eco
credentials went further than
how we washed our towels
and sheets, we really wanted
to make sure that most of our
produce, wherever possible,
was locally sourced and any
waste or plastic use was kept
to an absolute minimum.”
Top: A tempting spread greets guests in the breakfast room Above: Posters promoting Hastings’ Jimmy
Reed Memorial Trophy line one wall. Hastings fisherman, Jimmy, was killed on the beach as a result
of the 1987 hurricane. Before his death, he had refused to swap his old butcher’s bike for a motorbike,
saying he could travel anywhere he needed to using pedal power. Challenged by his friend, Peter Trickett,
Jimmy cycled up the steep Crown Lane without standing up and with a £10 note under his bottom – he
reached the end with the £10 still in place and won the bet. A year after his death, Peter came up with
the idea for a bike race in his memory, which continues to this day
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