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George IV at the Royal Pavilion Brighton
Statue of George IV on a granite pedestal outside the Pavilion Gardens’ North Gate, a replica of one at the head of the grand staircase in Windsor Castle. Its position is not quite right – it was moved from an original location in Old Steine […]
Best Free Things To Do In Brighton?
Take a free ride on the Madeira Lift / Kemp town Seafront Lift Its a Grade 11 listed Victorian lift, now fully restored to its former glory. Originally opening in 1890, the lift links Marine Parade with Madeira Drive. In its heyday it carried thousands […]
Hove Plinth Constellation and the Amber Cup
Hove Plinth is a community project by Hove Civic Society creating a brand new cultural attraction on the historic Hove seafront. Constellation, by Folkestone sculptor Jonathan Wright, is a part mechanical gilded model of the solar system, part film camera and part ship’s compass. A crowdfunding […]
Brighton Bandstand
The Bandstand is located on Brighton’s seafront, first opened in 1884. It was restored to its original specification and reopened in 2009.
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 […]
Film and Megapixels 