Wealden Times | WT244 | September 2022 | Winter Interiors Supplement inside

This page: The house enjoys amazing views out to sea from the front, and a large courtyard garden to the rear, divided into two distinct
areas by a pierced screen and a rose-covered metal arch; the downstairs loo is papered in a House of Hackney wallpaper; the interior of
Berni and Peter’s shop, Merchant 57
The room has the lovely generous dimensions
of the day sitting room below, which means
there is space for it to be furnished with more
than just the practical bedroom necessities.
There is a small French sofa at the end of the
bed, a table and two chairs in the window bay and
two chests of drawers. One is from the 1820s, says
Peter and the other is a ‘faded mahogany low boy
from about 1770’. He’s had it for 40 years.
A more recent acquisition is a magnificent oval mirror,
which they bought from the antique furniture shop that
used to occupy the spot where their shop now is.
Perhaps a find from one of Peter’s forays to
the bakery, when he came back with a bit more
than a loaf and two almond croissants.
Address Book:
Find Merchant 57 at 57 High Street, Hastings Old
Town, or follow Instagram @hastingsmerchant57
Hastings History House ohps.org.uk
Moore House Hastings moorehousehastings.com
Vintage Bird 01424 433300
priceless-magazines.com
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