Former Royal Pavilion Tavern and attached railings

7-8 and attached railing, Castle Square, Brighton, BN1 1FX

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Terraced house, later Royal Pavilion Hotel; now public house. Early C19, enlarged in late C19 or early C20. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1380055
Date first listed:: 13-Oct-1952
List Entry Name:: Former Royal Pavilion Tavern and attached railings
Statutory Address:: 7-8 and attached railing, Castle Square, Brighton, BN1 1FX

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1380055
Date first listed:: 13-Oct-1952
Date of most recent amendment:: 25-Feb-2011
List Entry Name:: Former Royal Pavilion Tavern and attached railings
Statutory Address 1:: 7-8 and attached railing, Castle Square, Brighton, BN1 1FX

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: 7-8 and attached railing, Castle Square, Brighton, BN1 1FX

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: The City of Brighton and Hove (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ 31219 04076

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 30 May 2023 to amend the name and address, and to reformat the text to current standards

577-1/64/115

CASTLE SQUARE (Southwest side) No 7-8 and attached railing

(Formerly listed as 7-8 ROYAL PAVILION TAVERN AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, previously listed as: CASTLE SQUARE 5-7, formerly listed as: CASTLE SQUARE 7 ROYAL PAVILION TAVERN AND ATTACHED RAILINGS)

13-OCT-52

II

Terraced house, later Royal Pavilion Hotel; now public house. Early C19, enlarged in late C19 or early C20.

MATERIALS: Stucco with polished granite trim. Gambrel roof of slate. EXTERIOR: Four storeys and dormer over basement. Three-window range. The elevation treated as a full-height and nearly full-width segmental bay. Late C19 or early C20 segmental-arched entrance set against right party wall; the entrance is framed by polished granite pilasters from which spring heavy floral brackets. All windows are flat arched. The two windows to the left of the entrance have projecting sills and recessed spandrels. The ground floor is rendered as banded rustication. French doors to the first floor open out onto a balcony enclosed by cast-iron railings of late C19 date. First-floor windows have architraves. Each second-floor window has a cast-iron balconette in heart and anthemion pattern. Projecting sill to third-floor windows. There are storey bands between the first and second, and second and third floors. The third floor is capped by a projecting cornice and a balustraded parapet. There are two flat-arched dormers to the roof. Stacks to the party wall. INTERIOR: not inspected.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION * Architectural interest: as an early C19 terraced house with its later use as a hotel reflecting the growth of Brighton as a seaside resort; * Historic interest: for its townscape value on Castle Square, the late C18 commercial centre of Brighton.

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Legacy System number:: 479529
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.