The Great Kitchen: built in 1816

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h) GREAT KITCHEN: Built in 1816, the kitchen, unlike the rest of the Pavilion, has a Greek Doric facade with pediment and pilasters overlooking Palace Place. Following the purchase of the estate in 1850 the great kitchen was used for art exhibitions, and from 1858 until 1876 it housed the Brighton School of Arts and Crafts which was later to become the Municipal Art College (see “Polytechnic”). The interior has now been restored and is lined with over 600 copper utensils, while the roof is supported on thin iron columns in the form of palm trees. There is also a novel roasting-spit, powered by the convection of its own fire.

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