The Brassey Institute at 13 Claremont in

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

, England, was founded by

Thomas Brassey Thomas Brassey (7 November 18058 December 1870) was an English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials who was responsible for building much of the world's railways in the 19th century. By 1847, he had built about o ...

in 1879 and, as the Brassey School of Science and Art, provided for the study of arts and the sciences. It opened a chemistry laboratory in the Old Town of Hastings around 1900. The building has housed the town's library for decades.Historical Hastings Wiki
Brassey Institute - Historical Hastings Wiki
accessdate: 24 November 2019 Stocking 11,000 volumes as of 1933, the Institute also housed a museum devoted to natural history, archaeology and local art. Hastings Brassey Institute 1879

A building in the

Venetian Gothic Venetian Gothic is the particular form of Italian Gothic architecture typical of Venice, originating in local building requirements, with some influence from Byzantine architecture, and some from Islamic architecture, reflecting Venice's trading ...

style, it served as the location of the

Hastings 1895 chess tournament The Hastings 1895 chess tournament was a round-robin tournament of chess conducted at the Brassey Institute in Hastings, England from 5 August to 2 September 1895. Hastings 1895 was arguably the strongest tournament in history at the time it occu ...

. 22 Masters were invited to the competition, one of which was William H. K. Pollock, representing Canada. During Lady Brassey's lifetime,

Working men's club Working men's clubs are British private social clubs first created in the 19th century in industrial areas, particularly the North of England, Midlands, Scotland and South Wales Valleys, to provide recreation and education for working class me ...

s often met at the location. It is a Grade II listed building.

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