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Park Crescent is a mid-19th-century residential development in the Round Hill area of Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove.The horseshoe-shaped, three-part terrace of 48 houses was designed and built by one of Brighton's most important architects, Amon Henry Wilds; by the time work started in 1849 he had 35 years' experience in the town.
Kemp Town Estate, also known as Kemp Town, is a 19th-century Regency architecture residential estate in the east of Brighton in East Sussex, England. It consists of Arundel Terrace , Lewes Crescent, Sussex Square , Chichester Terrace, and the Kemp Town Enclosures (the gardens).
Brighton Centre, a concert venue and conference centre known for hosting conferences for many of the major political parties of the UK; Brighton Marina; Brighton Pier (also known as Palace Pier, and as Brighton Marine Palace and Pier) Brighton railway station; The British Engineerium; The Brunswick estate, Hove (a Regency housing development)
Ovingdean became part of the Borough of Brighton in 1928, and is still a small village surrounded by fields. Its 12th-century flint-built church is considered the oldest building in the city of Brighton and Hove. The tower, with "Sussex Cap" spire, was added in the 13th century, and a porch was added during a 19th-century restoration. [25] [26 ...
Brighton Corporation compulsorily purchased Carlton Place in about 1955 and demolished the houses and former riding school in favour of new housing. [2] John Street became the site of two important civic buildings in the mid-1960s: Brighton's central police station was opened in 1965, [31] followed by the new county court building two years ...
Designed by Samuel Bridgman Russell in 1911–12, in a Neo-Georgian/Queen Anne style with extensive red brickwork and wings joined to a central section by a series of staircases lit by round windows), it occupies a prominent corner site and retains its original iron gates with the emblems of Hove and Brighton Boroughs and East and West Sussex ...
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Originally, the area had been part of Wick Farm. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, nearby Brighton had become very fashionable. The Kemp Town estate there had been a success in 1824 architect Charles Busby entered into an agreement to build a similar development on land lying at the extreme east of Hove, adjacent to Brighton. [1]