Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts including kerbstones to pool
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex, Gardner Centre Road, Brighton, BN1 9RA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1381046
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts including kerbstones to pool
- Statutory Address:
- Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex, Gardner Centre Road, Brighton, BN1 9RA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1381046
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts including kerbstones to pool
- Statutory Address 1:
- Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex, Gardner Centre Road, Brighton, BN1 9RA
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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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex, Gardner Centre Road, Brighton, BN1 9RA
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 34514 08965
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16 January 2024 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
TQ3409
577-1/10/1137
BRIGHTON
GARDNER CENTRE ROAD
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts including kerbstones to pool
(Formerly listed as Gardner Arts Centre including kerbstones to pool, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, BRIGHTON)
30/03/93
GV
II*
Arts centre including theatre, exhibition spaces and coffee bar. 1967-69. Sir Basil Spence. Brick with some bare concrete. Flat roofs. Comprises complex multi-segmental circular forms, including tall central cylinder with segmental projections and lower surrounding circles and part-circles. Walls largely blind but circles breached in places for vertical slit windows, and sometimes linked by horizontal bands of glazing. Metal window frames. Cafe overlooks small pool of segmental shape.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ3451408965
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 481390
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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