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Ovingdean and Stanmer were two such places, and Ovingdean's 12th-century parish church and an early 18th-century mansion in Stanmer Park—now the city's largest expanse of green space—are the oldest Grade I listed buildings in Brighton and Hove. Sussex University, built on open land near Stanmer as the first new university of the post-war ...
Gwydyr Mansions is a block of mansion flats in the centre of Hove, part of the English coastal city of Brighton and Hove.Built on the initiative of a Baptist pastor and designed by the prolific architecture firm of Clayton & Black, the "elegant" Flemish Renaissance-style building dates from 1890 and overlooks a central square.
Hangleton Manor Inn's 15th- and 16th-century origins make it Hove's oldest secular building. [6] Flint has always been plentiful around the South Downs—several ancient mines (up to 5,000 years old in some cases) have been found across Sussex—and many buildings on the south face of the Downs are built of the material. [13]
Round Hill covers the area between the Lewes, Ditchling and London Roads north of Brighton city centre. Round Hill (sometimes spelt Roundhill) [1] is an inner suburban area of Brighton, [2] part of the coastal city of Brighton and Hove in England. The area contains a mix of privately owned and privately rented terraced housing, much of which ...
Palmeira Square (/ p æ l ˈ m ɪər ə /) is a mid-19th-century residential development in Hove, part of the English city and seaside resort of Brighton and Hove.At the southern end it adjoins Adelaide Crescent, another architectural set-piece which leads down to the seafront; large terraced houses occupy its west and east sides, separated by a public garden; and at the north end is one of ...
Hanningtons was founded at 3 North Street, on the site of these later buildings. North Street runs westwards from Old Steine, Brighton's original fashionable centre, and forms the northern boundary of the old town. It has been the commercial heart of Brighton since the 18th century. [5]
Hangleton is a suburb of Brighton and Hove, in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England.The area was developed in the 1930s after it was incorporated into the Borough of Hove, but has ancient origins: its parish church was founded in the 11th century and retains 12th-century fabric; the medieval manor house is Hove's oldest secular building. [1]
Preston Manor is the former manor house of the ancient Sussex village of Preston, now part of the coastal city of Brighton and Hove, England.The present building dates mostly from 1738, when Lord of the manor Thomas Western rebuilt the original 13th-century structure (part of which remains inside), and 1905 when Charles Stanley Peach's renovation and enlargement gave the house its current ...