The Bandstand is located on Brighton’s seafront, first opened in 1884. It was restored to its original specification and reopened in 2009.
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Embassy Court in Brighton a Twentieth Century Pleasure Palace
Copy is from the Twentieth Century Website here Wells Coates’ Embassy Court from 1935, stands just on the Brighton side of the old border with Hove. The ninth and tenth floors set back to provide penthouses, advertised as the first in the UK. The ground […]
Brighton Ikoson by Wells Coates
Copy is from the Twentieth Century Website here A reinforced concrete structure, with doors and windows in steel, the building is eleven storeys, plus a roof terrace and basement. The plan is a simple L-shape, wrapping around from the seafront into Western Street. A typical […]
Brighton Flats for the Wealthy and Famous
The flats were designed to be rented by the wealthy and famous – Max Miller, Rex Harrison and Keith Waterhouse are known to have lived there – and rents were between £150 and £500 per year. It was possible to buy a small house in […]
The Beautiful Embassy Court
A piece of Modernist architecture that has divided opinion across Brighton since its completion in 1935, and continues to generate strong feelings among residents, architectural historians and conservationists. I love it.
The Brighton Half 2019
Great atmosphere at this event, well done everyone.
Jenny Lind Locomotive
The Jenny Lind locomotive was the first of a class of ten steam locomotives built in 1847 for the London Brighton and South Coast Railway by E. B. Wilson and Company of Leeds, named after Jenny Lind, who was a famous opera singer of the period. The general design proved to be so successful that […]
Brighton Greenway Sculpture by John Mills in the New England Quarter
On top of Pigeon Poo bridge referencing the old locomotive works at Brighton Station
Film and Megapixels 