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Saturday, 2 May 2026
7 & 9 West Street / BN7
Circa 1900 in an Arts & Crafts style, originally as the Co-Op Dairy. Grade 2 listed. Lewes, Sussex, UK.
Friday, 1 May 2026
Lewes Castle / Barbican
Built early C14 for John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, according to the Grade 1 listing. Flint with stone dressings and quoins. Lewes, Sussex, UK.
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Thursday, 30 April 2026
Keere Street / from North
View down Keere Street, with its early C19 terraces and a road of cobbles and clay brick pavers. A notice at the other end says that the Prince Regent once drove a coach and four down this street as a wager. Lewes, Sussex, UK.
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Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Dumbrell Court / BN7
Early 1960s modern style residential development comprising 12 flats. Concrete frame supported by pilotis with brick infill. St Pancras Road, Lewes, Sussex, UK.
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Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Anne of Cleves House / Porch
Entrance to the Grade 2* listed Wealden hall house with C14 cellar and a street frontage from late C15 or early C16. Part of Anne's annulment settlement from Henry VIII in 1541, although she never visited the property. Lewes, East Sussex, UK.
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Monday, 27 April 2026
Anne of Cleves House / BN7
Grade 2* listed Wealden hall house with C14 cellar and a street frontage from late C15 or early C16. Part of Anne's annulment settlement from Henry VIII in 1541, although she never visited the property. Lewes, East Sussex, UK.
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Sunday, 26 April 2026
67 / Southover High Street
House of the C18, refronted in C19. Decorative hung tiles to the first floor. Grade 2 listed, including the Fleur-de-Lys headed cast-iron railings. Lewes, East Sussex, UK.
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Saturday, 25 April 2026
Hove Trial Centre / SE
Southeast view of Hove Trial Centre, built circa 1971–72 to a modernist design by Fitzroy Robinson & Partners. Lansdowne Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Friday, 24 April 2026
Trusty Scribe / BN1
Musings from TrustyScribe seen in Queensbury Mews, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Thursday, 23 April 2026
Sussex Heights / Chartwell Court
View from the i360 observation tower of two 1960s' residential high-rise towers designed by Seiferts. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Wednesday, 22 April 2026
Art / Believe
Roof of Bedford Towers decorated by Art + Believe, seen from i360. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Bedford Towers / 2026
Architects: Seiferts, 1967, hotel and apartments replacing an 1829 hotel destroyed by fire. The hotel on the lower floors is now a Holiday Inn. King's Road, City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex.
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Monday, 20 April 2026
Sunday, 19 April 2026
Saturday, 18 April 2026
"Pepper Pot" / BN2
Garden observation tower, or possibly a water tower, designed by Charles Barry, 1830, for Thomas Attree. Used as a military observation tower in WW2. Grade 2 listed. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Friday, 17 April 2026
Egremont Gate / BN2
Designed by Francis J May, Borough Engineer and Surveyor, 1890. Situated where Egremont Place meets the West Drive of Queen's Park. Grade 2 listed. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Thursday, 16 April 2026
Pax / Rottingdean
Entrance to what was a large detached house probably from the C18 according to its Grade 2 listing. Listed as 'Cavendish', but I believe now divided into two houses: Cavendish and Pax. Rottingdean, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Wednesday, 15 April 2026
North End House / Doric Porch
Porch with Doric columns and pilasters, flat-arched entrance with panelled door. Belonging to a terraced Georgian house, the group Grade 2 listed, with white-washed cobbled base and black mathematical tiles above. Rottingdean, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Tuesday, 14 April 2026
The Elms / BN2
Grade 2 listed detached house, north of the village pond. Built in 1745, occupied by Rudyard Kipling from 1897-1903. Rottingdean, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Monday, 13 April 2026
West Pier / 20260408
Remains of the Victorian pleasure pier designed by Eugenius Birch, 1866. Brighton & Hove City, UK.
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Sunday, 12 April 2026
The Eardley / BN11
Architects: Michael Cook Associates, 2012, for Roffee Homes. Replicating the Edwardian style of the original Eardley Hotel. Now private, seafront residences. Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
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Saturday, 11 April 2026
Friday, 10 April 2026
Bayside / Balconies
Architects: Allies & Morrison, 2021, for Roffey Homes. Looking up at the 15-storey Horizon block with its curvilinear balconies facing the sea. Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
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Thursday, 9 April 2026
'Beach House' / BN11
Architect: John Biagio Rebecca, 1820, Regency style beachside villa. Grade 2* listed, now privately owned apartments. Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
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Wednesday, 8 April 2026
Worthing Lido / II
Architects: Adshead and Ramsey Partnership, 1925. Described in the Grade 2 listing as a "witty and attractive building", but now in need of restoration. Contractors have begun their study of the substructure as the first stage of the project. Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
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Tuesday, 7 April 2026
Lido Detail / BN11
Architects: Adshead and Ramsey Partnership, 1925. Described in the Grade 2 listing as a "witty and attractive building", but now in need of restoration. Contractors have begun their study of the substructure as the first stage of the project. Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)
Monday, 6 April 2026
Grafton MSCP / 2026
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 and its condition forced closure in May 2025. Likely to be sold for redevelopment, resulting in it being demolished. Augusta Place, Worthing, Sussex, UK.
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Sunday, 5 April 2026
St John / East Porch
Architects: Edward and William Gilbert Habershon, 1850s. Gabled porch of knapped flint, stone dressings and clay tile roof. In a revival of the Decorated Gothic style. Grade 2 listed. Church of St John the Baptist, Palmeira Square, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Saturday, 4 April 2026
Dome Cinema / 2026
Grade 2* listed cinema with domed tower, designed by Theophilus Arthur Allen, 1911, in the Edwardian Baroque style. Said to be one of the best five early cinemas to survive in England. Worthing Marine Parade, Sussex, UK.
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Friday, 3 April 2026
Palmeira Square / West
Grade 2 listed terrace of dwellings, built 1860-65, facing a public garden on land previously allocated for the ill-fated Anthaeum. 5-stories over basement in a Victorian Italianate style using stucco over brick, rubble and bungaroosh. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Thursday, 2 April 2026
Brighton Boating / BN2
Reflections on the Brighton Marina, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Wednesday, 1 April 2026
'Pink Candy' / Steve Yeates
Artist: Steve Yeates (b.1968 Brighton, based London). Pop-art style sculpture using sweet wrappers, sunglasses & mixed media; 35 x 33 x 25cm, edition of 20. This one at Vibrant Art Gallery, Arch 241, King's Road Arches, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Tuesday, 31 March 2026
SM380 / Sussex Maid
In the Brighton Fishing Museum, 201 King's Road Arches, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Monday, 30 March 2026
Shoreham Library / II
West Sussex County Council Architect's Department, 1969, in a MCM style using concrete and brown brick. Viewed from St Mary's churchyard. Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, UK.
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Sunday, 29 March 2026
St Mary de Haura / 2026
View from the south of the Grade 1 listed St Mary de Haura, founded circa 1103 with much C12 structure remaining. Of Norman and Transitional style using stone, flint, and cobbles. The funds for the building may have been sourced from the harbour taxes of that era. Church Street, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex, UK.
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Saturday, 28 March 2026
Library / Shoreham
West Sussex County Council Architect's Department, 1969, in a MCM style using concrete and brown brick. Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, UK.
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Friday, 27 March 2026
Ferry Inn / East St
At 1-3 East Street, not nationally listed but described in the Conservation Area appraisal as making a positive contribution to the townscape. A wine / tapas bar in its present incarnation. Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, UK.
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Thursday, 26 March 2026
Marlipins Museum / BN43
Building from the C12 and C14, possibly a storehouse or customs house originally and now a museum. The High Street facade has a chequer of squared dressed Caen stone and flint. The Wikipedia entry suggests it is the oldest secular building in Britain. Grade 2* listed. Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, UK.
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Wednesday, 25 March 2026
74 & 76 High St / BN43
Pair of cottages from the C17. Timber framed, slate roofed. "Datestone to left on No 76 - 1706 - probably reflecting rebuilding date or whimsy" [Grade 2 listing]. Currently a tandoori restaurant. High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, UK.
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Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Ropetackle / BN43
PRC Architects, 2006, regenerating a brownfield site alongside the river Adur. Providing waterfront homes, an arts centre, a large retail space and the Basepoint business centre. Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, UK.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)
Monday, 23 March 2026
Adur / Railway Bridge
Designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, 1892. Steel plate girder bridge over the river Adur, supported by 6ft-diameter cast-iron cylinders filled with concrete and resting on solid chalk. Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. UK.
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Sunday, 22 March 2026
St Andrew / BN3
Architect: George Basevi, 1834-6, in a Norman revival style, internally incorporating some C13 features from the original late-Norman church. Hove's parish church until 1531 and Grade II* listed. Church Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Saturday, 21 March 2026
Flight of the Langoustine / 2026
Sculptor: Pierre Diamantopoulo (b.1952 Egypt, now living and working in Sussex, UK). Four life-size bronze figures and steel grid. Installed on the Hove Plinth on 17 September 2023. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK.
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Friday, 20 March 2026
Essex House / Southdown House
Essex House, left, at 8 St Aubyns Gardens, was built in the mid-C20. Southdown house, right, at 7 St Aubyns Gardens is thought to have been built in the 1890s. Eastwards, the rest of the terrace is from the early 1860s. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Thursday, 19 March 2026
King Alfred / 2026
Leisure centre with swimming pools designed by Tom Humble, Borough Surveyor of Hove, c.1938, in a brick modern style typical of lidos of that era. Plans have now been submitted for a new, smaller, rebuild which will release land for high-rise flats. The proposed new facility has been described as "bland, boxy and generic”. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Wednesday, 18 March 2026
St Aubyn's Mansions / 2026
Architects: Lainson & Sons, c.1899, in a Renaissance Revival style. The blue plaques record two past residents:
Dame Clara Butt (1872-1936), contralto recitalist and concert singer.
Vesta Tilley (later Lady de Frece 1864-1952), music hall artiste renowned as a male impersonator. "She first donned boys' clothes in 1870".
St Aubyn's Mansions is a locally listed building. King's Esplanade, City of Brighton & Hove, UK
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Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Flag Court / SE
Architects: T.P.Bennet & Sons, 1959. Named after the original house on the site. Unlike most Brighton & Hove seafront buildings, this one's plan is at an angle in order to maximise the number of flats with sea views. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Monday, 16 March 2026
All Over The Sea / III
Work-in-progress on new timber groyne fields. 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..
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Sunday, 15 March 2026
Adelaide Mansions / BN3
Grade 2 listed, seafront residences designed by local architect Thomas Lainson, 1873. Stucco over brick, in an Italianate style with Doric porches and wrought-iron balconies to 1st and 2nd floors. Kingsway, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Saturday, 14 March 2026
Sheridan House / BN3
Seven-storey building including retail, rental offices and basement car parking. In a late-C20 postmodern style, presumably influenced by St Patrick's Church on Cambridge Road. Described in the Brunswick Town CA appraisal as being of "low architectural value". 114-116 Western Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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