North Laine Music / BN1

Shop selling musical instruments, especially guitars, with Hendrix portrait on exterior first floor. 44 Sydney Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Socktopus / BN1

Socktopus sock shop, now occupying part of what used to be the GAK Music Emporium. Corner of Upper Gardner Street and North Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Albion Groyne / 20250826

Built c.1880 incorporating two tunnels that were once used for a sewage and land drain system. The Grade 2 listing says that for a time it served as a coal delivery pier. Repairs c.2020 by Thorne Civil Engineers and the Flint Wall company. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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IVOR / Tarot Consultant

Palace Pier prognostications. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Booth Museum / Door

One of the front doors of the Booth Museum of Natural History, established 1874 by Edward Thomas Booth. Described as 'Italian Romanesque' style by the Grade 2 listing, with round-arch voussoirs of red, yellow and black brick. Dyke Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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B•O•A•T / Sign

Direction sign for the Brighton Open Air Theatre, attached to rear of the concrete sound wall. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Open Air Theatre / BN3

Architect: Graeme Hawkins of the Miller Bourne partnership, 2015, with tiered amphitheatre seating for 425 around a thrust stage. The project was conceived by the late Adrian Bunting, on the site of a disused bowling green at Dyke Road park. Brighton Open Air Theatre (B•O•A•T), City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Marrocco's / 2025

Restaurant with residential accommodation above, built 1934 to the design of restaurateur Alfonso Forte (1880-1958). Operated by the Forte family until 1969 when it was bought by the Marroccos. The 'winter garden' glazing was absent from the original build, which better suited the modernist style. The property is included in the Cliftonville Conservation Area. 8 King's Esplanade, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Courteney Gate / 2025

Architects believed to be Coleridge, Jennings and Soimenow, developer Maurice Bloom, completed 1935. Large mansion block of 31 flats in a neo-Georgian & Deco style, facing King's Lawns. Locally listed by the City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Kings House / BN3

Architect: James Knowles, builder J.T.Chappell, 1874, in an Italianate style using yellow stock brick. Some later extensions and restorations. Grade 2 listed. Originally mansion blocks, then the Prince's Hotel. Used by the Royal Navy in WW2 and after it was the HQ of SEEBOARD. Bought and occupied by BHCC in 1996, then sold to property developers in 2017 and now residential once more. Queens Gardens, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Meeting House / BN1

Architect: Sir Basil Spence, 1966. Non-denominational spiritual space on a circular plan, with concrete blocks inset with stained-glass surrounding the chapel level. Copper-clad conical roof with projecting concrete gutter spouts. Grade 2* listed. University of Sussex, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Attenborough Centre / 2025

What used to be called 'The Gardner Centre' was designed by Basil Spence and completed in 1969. After a major refurbishment (R H Partnership Architects, 2015) it was renamed in honour of Richard Attenborough, a former chancellor of the university. The brick cylindrical forms enclose a theatre, exhibition space, studio areas, rehearsal spaces and café bar. Grade II* listed. University of Sussex, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Pevensey 1 / Undercroft

Architect: Basil Spence, 1962, Grade 2* listed. Here showing part of the undercroft including one of the segmental arched concrete lintels. University of Sussex, Falmer, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Arts B / 2025

Architect: Sir Basil Spence, 1966, Grade 2* listed. View over the north courtyard, which has cloisters around three sides. Red brick and shuttered concrete. University of Sussex, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Arts A / 2025

Architect: Sir Basil Spence, 1966. Red brick and shuttered concrete, with an entrance pylon given a spectacular modern interpretation. Grade 2* listed. University of Sussex, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Meeting House / 2025

Architect: Sir Basil Spence, 1966. An inclusive, spiritual space at the heart of the University campus. Circular plan with a copper-clad conical roof. Concrete blocks inset with multi-coloured glazing. Grade 2* listed. University of Sussex, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Pevensey I / 2025

South elevation of the Pevensey maths and sciences building by Basil Spence, 1962. Red brick with bare, board-marked concrete. Grade 2* listed. University of Sussex campus, Falmer, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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St Paul BN1 / Entrance

Entrance to the Grade 2* listed Church of St Paul. The main church was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1848, however this covered way to the west end by G.F. Bodley c.1887 and J.L. Denman, 1937. West Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Eastbourne / West

View west from the pier towards Beachy Head in the far distance. On the Grand Parade hotels include (from nearest) the Chatsworth, Mansion Lyons, Imperial, Cavendish and the View. Eastbourne, West Sussex, UK.

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The Palmeira / BN3

Architect thought to be Thomas Simpson, c.1880, built as a hotel intended for passengers using the then Hove railway station which was close-by. Hove station was later re-assigned about 900m further west, but the public house has continued business. 70-71 Cromwell Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Queens Hotel / Eastbourne

Architect: Henry Currey, opened in 1880, the last of the grand Victorian hotels to be built in Eastbourne. Marine Parade, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK.

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Eastbourne Pier / 20250806

Originally designed and engineered by Eugenius Birch, 1870, supported on cast iron screwpiles. Superstructure buildings are constructed of wood with some cast iron and zinc roofs. The Grade 2* listing mentions that with the loss of Brighton's West Pier, Eastbourne's is now the finest of Birch's surviving seaside piers. East Sussex, UK. 

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Holy Trinity / BN21

Architects: Decimus Burton, 1838; A.R.G Fenning, 1910. Gothic Revival using flint with stone dressings, slate roof, tower of coursed pebbles. Grade 2* listed. Here seen from Trinity Trees, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK. 

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The Clock Tower / Brighton

Architect: John Johnson (1843-1920), completed 1888 to celebrate Victoria's Golden Jubilee of the previous year. Portland stone and pink granite, extravagantly decorated and with a time-ball at the top (no longer operational) designed by Magnus Volk. North Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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The Quadrant / BN1

Mid-C19 public house with late-C19 alterations. Stucco over brick with granite pilasters and cornices. "TOM BOVEY" on the frieze was the landlord in the late Victorian era. The pub was saved from redevelopment by a Grade 2 listing in 1999. North Street Quadrant, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Wykeham Terrace / North

North elevation of the Grade 2 listed Wykeham Terrace, built 1827-30 in a Tudor-Gothic style, architect possibly Amon Henry Wilds. Here viewed from the grounds of St Nicholas Church. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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45 & 46 Church St / BN1

A pair of cottages located just north of St Nicholas Church, unlisted but referenced in the West Hill Conservation Area. While the conservation area indicates a mid-19th century origin, a plaque on number 45 states "Black Lion House, 1806". However I can't see any building here on an 1809 map. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Medina House / 20250801

Pilbrow & Partners / Formation Architects, 2021, for Polly Sampson and David Gilmour. The new house takes many cues from the original 1894 building designed by P.B.Chambers for the Hove Bath and Laundry Company. Currently for sale at just under £9M. Corner of King's Esplanade and Sussex Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Tiki Hut / Brighton

Tiki-themed pub/bar at the corner of St James's Street and High Street. Recently under new management and with a background mural by local artist SinnaOne. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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St Nicholas / BN1

Grade 2* listed church of St Nicholas of Myra. Parts are late C14 including the tower. Substantial Victorian rebuilding. Knapped flint, dressed flint and cobbles. Slate roof. Parish church of Brighton until 1873. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Palace Pier / Clock

Clock tower added in 1930 when the entrance to the pier was rearranged for the widening of the promenade. Made of steel frame and timber cladded in zinc, painted black with gold-coloured detailing. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Rest Garden / St Nicholas

Arched entrance built 1846, leading to the western part of St Nicholas Rest Garden, now a city park. Framed by stone Doric pilasters, with cast-iron gates. Grade 2 listed. Dyke Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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