The Histshorey project

15 Shore Terrace - a short history

15 Shore Terrace has had many reincarnations since 1828 when it was built and its walls have witnessed many significant and daily events in the surrounding docklands area.

1828 - 1864 -        Exchange building - built next to the docks by rich merchants as a coffee house, Library and reading rooms and Exchange.
1870 - 1888 -        Exchange Music Hall
1888 - 1895 -        Excelsior Theatre
1895 - 1910 -        City assembly rooms
1911 - 1923 -        Masonic temple
1924 - 1992 -        David winter and Son printers
1995 - 2000 -        French restaurant
2002 - Present -   The Shore youth venue

Some local historians believe that the basement area of the building was built and known as the Kings Warehouse hundreds of years before the current Grecian fronted building arrived.

The architecture of the basement suggests that it is older than the rest of the building and it also hints to what it may have been used for. The area would have been closer to the waterfront than it currently sits due to land reclamation and there are theories that goods would have been offloaded from boats into the existing basement.

There is it has been used for storage, likewise there is evidence that the basement extends far further than can be seen today. At one point it may have been at street level as there are blocked up window areas.

 

The Shore is a safe and secure alcohol and drug free venue.