Monument to Sake Deen Mahomed in Churchyard of Church of St Nicholas of Myra

MONUMENT TO SAKE DEEN MAHOMED IN CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA, CHURCH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1380393
Date first listed:
26-Aug-1999
List Entry Name:
Monument to Sake Deen Mahomed in Churchyard of Church of St Nicholas of Myra
Statutory Address:
MONUMENT TO SAKE DEEN MAHOMED IN CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA, CHURCH STREET
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Date:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1380393
Date first listed:
26-Aug-1999
List Entry Name:
Monument to Sake Deen Mahomed in Churchyard of Church of St Nicholas of Myra
Statutory Address 1:
MONUMENT TO SAKE DEEN MAHOMED IN CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA, CHURCH STREET
Statutory Address 2:
MONUMENT TO SAKE DEEN MAHOMED IN CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA, DYKE STREET

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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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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

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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Location

Statutory Address:
MONUMENT TO SAKE DEEN MAHOMED IN CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA, CHURCH STREET
Statutory Address:
MONUMENT TO SAKE DEEN MAHOMED IN CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA, DYKE STREET

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 30775 04520

Details

BRIGHTON

TQ3004NE CHURCH STREET
577-1/32/209 (South side)
Monument to Sake Deen Mahomed in
churchyard of Church of St Nicholas
of Myra

GV II

Includes: Monument to Sake Deen Mahomed in churchyard of
Church of St Nicholas DYKE ROAD.
Headstone to Sake Deen Mahomed. c1851. Stone. In the angle of
the north aisle and the covered passage to Church Street.
Mahomed opened 'Mahomed's Baths' in King's Road, Brighton in
1786, and these were the first vapour or Turkish baths in
Britain. He published several books and pamphlets on his
methods, and was appointed 'Shampooing Surgeon' to King George
IV.
(Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-).


Listing NGR: TQ3077504520

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
480506
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Dale, A, Fashionable Brighton 1820-1860, (1947)
Carder, T, Encyclopaedia of Brighton, (1990)

Legal

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

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