Kingswood Flats / BN2

Built 1938 for Brighton Council in a brick modernist style of the interwar period. Named after Sir Kingsley Wood who was then Minister of Health and who played a significant role in the national slum clearance programme. Here viewed from John Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Lodge Hill / Vista

View from Lodge Hill towards Wolstonbury Hill, part of the South Downs. The church spire in the middle distance belongs to St Cosmas & St Damian in Keymer. County of Sussex, UK.

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Pavilion West / Night

Night-time photograph of one of the King's Apartments' end pavilions (John Nash, 1815-22). With onion dome and full-height, octagonal leaf pilasters, continuing above parapet to minarets of stone [source: Grade 1 listing]. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Brighton Museum / Night

Night photograph of the portico of Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. I believe this was designed by Francis J.C.May, c.1901, in a Mughal style complementing William Pordon's original work. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Pavilion / Night

Remodelling architect: John Nash, 1815-22, in an eclectic Indo-Islamic style, for George IV. Grade 1 listed. Viewed from Pavilion Parade, City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK.

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Pavilion Night / BN1

Brighton Pavilion remodelling architect: John Nash, 1815-22, in an eclectic Indian-Islamic style, for George IV. Grade 1 listed. Viewed at night from Pavilion Parade, City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK. 

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Ditchling Green Barn / II

Grade 2 listed barn from the 18th century, on the north side of the village green. Lower level of flintwork with red-brick quoins, weather-boarding above and a half-hipped tiled roof. Leased to the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft. Ditchling, Sussex, UK. 

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Star & Garter / II

Grade 2 listed Georgian building of c.1750, façade recently painted. Originally known as the Star and Garter Hotel, then as Dr Brighton's public house, now reverted to its original name. At 16-17 Kings Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Doric Porch / BN2

Doric porch in Manchester Street, City of Brighton & Hove.

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Charles Street / Sign

Charles Street sign with graffiti fox. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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5 Market Square / BN2

Architects: shedkm, 2021. Tallest block of a mix of private residential, affordable and student apartments on the site of the former Circus Street Municipal Market. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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St Margaret Ditchling / SE

Parish church probably on the site of an earlier Saxon church, with some tentative claims that fragments of the nave are pre-Conquest. Cruciform plan with a central flint tower and shingled spire. Much of the structure dates from C12 to C14, although major restorations in the Victorian era. Grade 1 listed. Viewed here from the southeast. Church Lane, Ditchling, Sussex, UK. 

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The Esplanade / BN2

Architect: H E Kendall Jr., c.1835, former cottages with central archway for a tunnel under Marine Parade. Grade 2 listed. The tunnel connects to Kemp Town Enclosures which are private gardens for key-holders only. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Car Park / Marina

Car park stairwell at the Marina, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Pelicano / The Level

Coffee kiosk at south end of The Level, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Brighton MET / Entrance

Entrance to the recently redeveloped Brighton Metropolitan College (ECE Architecture | Willmott Dixon). Central Brighton Campus, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Theobald House / BN1

Architects: Rice & Co., 1966, for Brighton Council, named after Councillor Stanley Theobald. Built on an area cleared of Victorian tenements, 18 storeys over a podium which provides public car parking. Described by the Residents’ Association chair in 2024 as “the city pharmacy” due to drug dealing and anti-social behaviour. I think several million pounds have since been allocated to improve matters. Blackman Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Kings House / 2026

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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St Peter's / Brighton

Original architect: Sir Charles Barry, 1828, featuring an early revival of the Gothic style crafted from Portland stone ashlar. Subsequent additions were made between 1898 and 1906 by George Somers Clarke the Younger and J.T. Micklethwaite. 

After extensive masonry restoration, much of the 11 years of scaffolding has now been removed. The pinnacles on either side of the tower are currently missing, with their bases capped while awaiting further funding for restoration. Grade 2* listed. Located at York Place, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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2 & 3 Kings Gardens / 2026

Builder J.T.Chapell, c.1890, Renaissance Revival style using render over brick with terracotta dressings. Grade 2 listed along with numbers 1 and 4 surrounding. King's Gardens, Hove, City of Brighton & Hove.

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Beach Building / BN3

Project to add 9 new timber groynes and to fill the bays between each groyne with thousands of tonnes of shingle, taken from a licensed dredging site in the English Channel. The work will extend the beach by about 25m out to sea, helping to protect the area from flooding and erosion. Kings Esplanade, City of Brighton & Hove.

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Courtenay Terrace / 2026

South aspect of a terrace of dwellings built c.1840, now divided into flats. Style might be described as Regency, although erected at the beginning of Victoria's reign. Stucco over brick, with first floor canopies. Grade 2 listed. Kingsway, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Brighton Station / Car Park

Railway station car park detail showing horizontal timber fins over fair-faced concrete. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Pelham Tower / BN1

A 1970s tower now reclad to address poor thermal performance and airtightness issues (ECE Architecture | Willmott Dixon). Brighton Metropolitan College, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Pelham Tower / MET

View from Sydney Street of the recently overclad Pelham Tower of Brighton Metropolitan College's North Laine campus (ECE Architecture | Willmott Dixon). The circular feature is illuminated at night. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Blue Boat / II

Near the Brighton Fishing Museum, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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The Dome / Brighton

Original architect: William Porden, 1808, for the Prince of Wales (later George IV) to use as stables. Converted to a concert hall by the Borough Surveyor, Philip Lockwood, 1867. The interior was redesigned in the Art Deco style by Robert Atkinson in 1935. The concert hall was last renovated between 1999-2002. Grade 1 listed. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Coal Drops Yard / 2025

Shopping and dining venue created out of Victorian railway sidings by Heatherwick Studio. Behind, residential conversions of Gasholder Nos 10, 11 and 12, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects, 2017. London Borough of Camden.

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6 King's Blvd / N1C

Architects: Heatherwick Studio and BIG, still being fitted out. Showing here the north end of Google's landscraper. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden. 

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Drinking Fountain / NW1

Drinking fountain manufactured by Andrew Handyside and Co., sponsored by William Thornton, 1877. Cast-iron on stone base, in a likeness of the Choragic Monument. Grade 2 listed. St Pancras Gardens, London Borough of Camden. (CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
 

22 / St Pancras Way

Mixed-use—principally residential—building completed c.2010. The obverse elevation overlooks the Regent's Canal. London Borough of Camden. 

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25-27 / Camden Road

This used to be the HQ of British Transport Police, when the 7-storey block was known as Shirley House. Plans to demolish and redevelop were withdrawn. Part is now occupied by a Digital Art Centre. London Borough of Camden. 

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