Friday, 25 July 2025

Synagogue / Holland Rd

Architect: Marcus Glass, 1930, in a style "reminiscent of Viennese Jugendstil". Locally listed in the Brunswick Town Conservation Area. Closed in 2023. 79 Holland Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Thursday, 24 July 2025

Channings / Hove

Section of the south elevation of the apartment block 'Channings', at 215 Kingsway. Built 1971 for William Weeks of R. Green Properties. Refurbishment, including curtain wall, by SBC in 2017. A 2019 planning application for a rooftop extension was withdrawn. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Wednesday, 23 July 2025

Lovebirds / 206

Detail of beach hut number 206 at Western Esplanade, Hove. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Tuesday, 22 July 2025

Peekaboo / Hove

Kayak post, Hove beach. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Monday, 21 July 2025

1 / Stanmer Park

Mid-C18, restored mid-C20. Flint with brick dressings and tiled roof. Grade 2 listed along with the attached neighbouring cottage. "Most of the houses in Stanmer Park were severely damaged by military occupation during the Second World War, and restored after the estate was acquired by Brighton Corporation in 1947". City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Sunday, 20 July 2025

Stanmer Church / Steeple

Architect: Poss. Ralph Joanes or Joseph Butler for Henry Thomas Pelham (1804-1886), built 1838 in revival of the Early English Gothic. Knapped flint tower with stone dressings and spire clad in shingles. No longer in use but Grade 2 listed. Stanmer, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Saturday, 19 July 2025

Stanmer Church / BN1

Architect: Poss. Ralph Joanes or Joseph Butler for Henry Thomas Pelham (1804-1886), built 1838 in revival of the Early English Gothic. Knapped flint with stone dressings and slate roof. No longer in use but Grade 2 listed. Stanmer, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Friday, 18 July 2025

Stanmer House / BN1

Architect: Nicholas Dubois, 1727, for the Pelham family. Brick with sandstone ashlar cladding to the principal elevations. Grade 1 listed. Stanmer, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Thursday, 17 July 2025

Wellhouse / Stanmer

The wellhouse located in the churchyard was reconstructed in 1838 using flint, stone dressings, and a slate roof. The well itself dates back to the C16, and it features a vertical donkey wheel from the C18 or earlier. Eventually, c.1900, water was piped to Stanmer by the Brighton Water Works. The village is within the City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Reading Room / BN2

Architect: William Kendall, 1835, Grade 2 listed. Recently restored to become a café-bar as part of a Black Rock rejuvenation project led by LUC and BHCC. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Marina Way / Flyover

Elevated approach road to the Brighton Marina, c.1976. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Monday, 14 July 2025

Sirius & Orion / 20250709

Concept architects: WilkinsonEyre. Apartment blocks and lifeboat station at the Brighton Marina Village, completed in 2016. The Boardwalk, Brighton Marina, Sussex, UK.
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Sunday, 13 July 2025

11-12 Pool Valley / BN1

Situated within a Grade 2 listed group known as the Royal York Buildings. This particular building, now a café, used to be an office for the Southdown Bus Company. Pool Valley, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Saturday, 12 July 2025

21-29 / Marine Drive

Three-storey, mixed-use building in the Deco style, presumed to be 1930s build. On the main coast road at Rottingdean, City of Brighton and Hove, UK. 
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Friday, 11 July 2025

The White Horses / BN2

Hotel constructed in the 1930s when Rottingdean's Marine Drive Junction was reworked. Originally named the White Horse Hotel, the plural was adopted after a 2024 refurbishment as "a nod towards its sea views". Rottingdean, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Thursday, 10 July 2025

Foreshore / BN2

Foreshore with rock pools, seen from the Undercliff Walk between Saltdean and Brighton Marina. Part of a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest for the geology and fauna. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Undercliff Walk / BN2

Vista showing the chalk cliffs at Saltdean and an undercliff walk that extends west, over 3 miles, to the Brighton Marina. The route was designed by Borough Engineer David Edwards, 1933, using over 13,000 tons of cement and 150,000 concrete blocks. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Saltdean Lido / Panorama

Architect: R.W.H. Jones, 1938, in the Moderne Deco style. Grade 2* listed — "architecturally probably the finest lido in England". Saltdean, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Monday, 7 July 2025

Saltdean Lido / 20250703

Architect: R.W.H. Jones, 1938, in the Moderne Deco style. Grade 2* listed — "architecturally probably the finest lido in England". Saltdean, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Sunday, 6 July 2025

Pier / View

City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Saturday, 5 July 2025

2 Boyces St / BN1

Early C19 terraced house "probably a refronting of an earlier building" according to the Grade 2 listing. Bay windows either side of entrance with an ogee-shaped vermiculated design above. Now the Oculist restaurant. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Friday, 4 July 2025

7 Ship St / Entrance

Early-C19 according to the Grade 2 listing. Engaged Doric columns, open segmental pediment above. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Thursday, 3 July 2025

VER / Car 9

Volk's Electric Railway Car 9 approaching Aquarium station. This car was built in 1910 although the electric motor was changed in 1923. The beach railway has been operating since 1883, the oldest working electric railway in the world. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Floral Mural / BN2

Botanical style murals c.2023 from a local artist going by the name Carina Thumbelina. Saltdean, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Chalets / Saltdean

Described by BHCC as double chalets — not semi-detached beach huts! Supplied by iForm, intended to last 20+ years maintenance-free. Composite material (98% recycled plastic) with marine-grade stainless steel door surrounds. At Saltdean beach promenade, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Monday, 30 June 2025

Leicester Lodge / East

East return of Leicester Lodge which is locally listed in the Cliftonville Conservation Area. "A mid 19th century house of particular quality and good detailing, including its original boundary walls". 9 Hove Place, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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Sunday, 29 June 2025

Christ Church / BN11

Architect: John Elliott, 1843. The first church in Worthing in the Gothic Revival style. Flint with stone — and some artificial stone — dressings. Grade 2* listed. Grafton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
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Saturday, 28 June 2025

Grafton MSCP / II

1960s brutalist style multi-storey car park, believed to have been designed by the local authority. Construction is said to have involved the use of High Alumina Cement concrete. The car park was closed last month in order "to carry out urgent investigations into its condition". Likely to be sold for redevelopment which will result in it being demolished. Augusta Place, Worthing, Sussex, UK. 
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Friday, 27 June 2025

Grafton MSCP / South

1960s brutalist style multi-storey car park, believed to have been designed by the local authority. Construction is said to have involved the use of High Alumina Cement concrete. The car park was closed last month in order "to carry out urgent investigations into its condition". Likely to be sold for redevelopment which will result in it being demolished. Augusta Place, Worthing, Sussex, UK.
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Thursday, 26 June 2025

Giant Wheel / BN11

44m tall Ferris Wheel installed for the summer season on Worthing seafront. Operated by City Observations Ltd., built by Fabbri, Italy. Worthing, Sussex, UK.
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Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Worthing Pier / 20250623

Designed by Robert Rawlinson, 1862, Grade 2 listed. Fire damaged in 1933, the superstructure was remodelled in a moderne style. The Rampion wind farm is just visible on the horizon. Worthing, West Sussex, UK. 
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Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Bath St / BN1

Pair of shops with characterful facades, near the Seven Dials district of Brighton. [Postal address 84b & 84c Dyke Rd]. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 
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