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The Royal Pavilion (also known as the Brighton Pavilion) and surrounding gardens is a Grade I listed [1] former royal residence located in Brighton, England.Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811, and King George IV in 1820.
A combination of Victorian enthusiasm for church-building, the importance of churchgoing as part of Brighton's social calendar and a need to provide places for poor people to worship resulted in many churches being built in Brighton and Hove in the 19th century. [17] [18] [19] Five have a Grade I listing, including one that is no longer in use.
This brought Brighton within the reach of day-trippers from London, who flocked to peep at Queen Victoria, whose growing family were constrained for space in the Royal Pavilion; in 1845 she purchased the land for Osborne House in the Isle of Wight and left Brighton permanently. In 1850 the Pavilion was sold to the Corporation of Brighton.
The "enchanting oriental humour of the Royal Pavilion" influenced subsequent architecture in Brighton and other seaside resorts. [1]Brighton and Hove, a city on the English Channel coast in southeast England, has a large and diverse stock of buildings "unrivalled architecturally" among the country's seaside resorts. [1]
Brighton War Memorial. The Brighton War Memorial is located at the southern end of the northern enclosure of the Old Steine Gardens. [7] The site was originally that of the statue of George IV. However, that monument was transferred to the North Gate of the Royal Pavilion. The memorial includes a large, shallow pool with a central fountain.
The North Gate. The North Gate of the Royal Pavilion is a Grade II* listed building in Brighton. It is part of the Valley Gardens conservation area. Dating from 1832, it is in the Oriental style, as the main Brighton Pavilion, however it was designed by architect and surveyor Joseph Henry Good, not John Nash the architect of the Pavilion and built in the reign of William IV.
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The Brighton Dome is an arts venue in Brighton, England, that contains the Concert Hall, the Corn Exchange and the Studio Theatre (formerly the Pavilion Theatre). All three venues are linked to the rest of the Royal Pavilion Estate by a tunnel to the Royal Pavilion in Pavilion Gardens and through shared corridors to Brighton Museum.