Seven Stars

Seven Stars, 27 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1380936
Date first listed:: 26-Aug-1999
List Entry Name:: Seven Stars
Statutory Address:: Seven Stars, 27 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1380936
Date first listed:: 26-Aug-1999
List Entry Name:: Seven Stars
Statutory Address 1:: Seven Stars, 27 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AD

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:: Seven Stars, 27 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AD

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 30977 04174

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 April 2023 to amend the name and address, and to reformat the text to current standards

TQ3004SE 577-1/39/847

BRIGHTON SHIP STREET (West side) No 27 (Seven Stars)

(Formerly listed as No.27 O'Neil's Public House, previously listed as The Seven Stars Public House SHIP STREET.)

II

Public house. c1900. Stucco, or possibly terracotta painted, granite, roof of tiles.

EXTERIOR: Three storeys over basement with dormers, five-window range. Ground floor has two flat-arched entrances framed by fluted pilaster-brackets and fluted frieze with deep overlights also with fluted pilasters; these are set back between tapering antae of polished granite with Corinthian capitals supporting a simple entablature, the central space having a late C20 front.

The first floor has canted oriels to either side, the principal windows round-arched with Gibbs surround to the archivolt and flanked by pilasters with ornate capitals, the outer windows blank with a blank keyed oculus over each; between the oriels a triple round-arched arcade with similar details and round-arched windows set well back to form a balcony, dentil cornice; second floor has flat-arched windows in the outer bays with one moulded transom, cornice and scrolled pediment; the central bay is again recessed but under a single round-arch with a Gibbs surround to the archivolt; the window is flat-arched and tripartite, with one moulded mullion, scrolled pediment and keystone; the central arch flanked by half-octagonal piers with elaborate corbels, running up to the kneelers of the pedimented gable; in the centre of the gable a niche with a griffin holding a shield between pilasters, and another griffin on top of the pediment, also holding a shield with a monogram; side stacks.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ3097704174

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Legacy System number:: 481260
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.