Candy Stripes

Wheeled bathing machines and bathing tents were very popular in Hove in the Victorian era to preserve modesty but the 1920s saw them give way to wooden more permanent beach huts. 

In the early 20th century, beach huts were regarded as "holiday homes for the toiling classes", but in the 1930s their image revived when George V and Queen Mary spent the day at a beach hut in Sussex. After WW2, in the late 1940s and 1950s there was a resurgence of the British beach holiday and the heyday of the Beach Hut.

My candy striped beach huts are in Hove and are privately owned but licensed by the local council. The following comes from the council website:

Beach huts
Council sites for beach huts are on Hove Promenade. Beach huts are made of wood.

Licences
Brighton & Hove City Council grant licences to place a beach hut on a site. 
The licence fee for 2020/21 is £412.08 including VAT.
There are terms and conditions about the condition, decoration and use of the huts.

Paint codes
There are specific rules for the painting of your beach hut.
• Roof and upper sides: BS 4800 14 C35 Gloss
• Plinth and lower sides: BS 4800 04 D45 Gloss
• Doors can be any single solid colour or vertically striped in multiple colours. Doors can also now be constructed from either panelling or tongue and groove. 

Buying and selling beach huts
The sale of a beach hut is a private transaction.