Regency Square conservation area
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This outstanding conservation area, which stretches westwards from the Grand Hotel to the borough boundary, was developed principally in the 1810s and ’20s, and contains some of the finest examples of Brighton’s famous Regency architecture. However, the district of around 2,500 people now has many housing problems with its many multiply-occupied houses and bed-sits. The streets of particular interest in the area are detailed below, but see also “Bedford Hotel“, “Grand Hotel“, “King’s Road“, “Lower Esplanade“, “Metropole“, “Norfolk Hotel“, “West Pier“, and “Western Road“.
CANNON PLACE: Now largely redeveloped, Cannon Place was originally built from about 1813 and was named from the nearby battery on the sea-front. Nos.27-30, together with 46 Russell Square, form a listed terrace with balconies and bows. The bow-fronted nos.31-32 are also listed and form the eastern facade of the former Royal Newburgh Assembly Rooms in St Margaret’s Place
Any numerical cross-references in the text above refer to resources in the Sources and Bibliography section of the Encyclopaedia of Brighton by Tim Carder.
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