• 1832 by the Stone Family and for 20 years it was Parker’s Bakery
• 1861 ‘The Queen’ A beerhouse named in honour of Queen Victoria
• 1878 Miss Amelia Cuddeford’s Boarding School for Young Ladies
• 1890’s Tommy Raddon a tailor turned part of the building into a ‘Temperance Hotel’
• 1924  Tom Raddon split the property and leased part (now Hartley Antiques) to Edward Harrison, another tailor
• 1948 Herbert Rumbold a bicycle dealer purchased the property
• 1969 Jock McVey purchased and turned it into a newsagents but still carried on bicycle repairs
• 1982 Mallows Newsagents part of BPM properties
• 1993 Dillons Newsagents part of T & S Stores PLC
• 1997 Derek & Sally Green turned it to private ownership

Restored many original interior features, including the shop front and the untouched fireplace from the 1890’s; this was found behind the magazine racks, as was the wooden panelling in the reception area.

• 1998 Cedar Antique Centre was opened
• 2007 The centre changed ownership and was renamed Farthingales
• 2011 New ownership & management implementing needed updates to the centre including rebranding to Hartley Antiques

Restored the exterior windows on shop front and signage. Redecoration & renovation programme including new room on third floor. Emphasis on quality items and introducing new dealers appropriate to the centre and its clientele.