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| Quadrophenia Alley | At 11 East Street. So named in 2019 because of featuring in the film Quadophenia (1979). |
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| Quarry Bank Road, Hollingdean BN1 7HG |
Land on the north side was conveyanced from Blaker to Lower in 19261 and developed first. South side built 1930-31. Part numbered 22 January 19312. | Pi1927— 1ESRO ACC5310/72 2ESRO DB/D/27/176 |
| ∫ Quarry Road, Saltdean | Former name of Greenbank Avenue north of Mount Drive. The area to the east was quarried. | Ke1947–Ke1949 |
| Quebec Street BN2 9UZ |
One of three adjacent streets built in the late 1860s and named after places in Canada, newly created a Dominion in 1867 (see also Montreal Road, Toronto Terrace). [ph] 46 was the Quebec Arms from 1881 to 1960. It was converted for residential and is now in commercial use.  The street was seen in Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951). |
Pa1867— |
| ∫ Queen Adelaide Crescent | Early version of Adelaide Crescent1, surviving in occasional use until at least 1871. | 1Middleton |
| Queen Alexandra Avenue BN3 6XH |
One of several adjacent roads in post war development named after royalty: Alexandra, consort of Edward VII. Built c.1970-1972. | Ke1969— |
| Queen Caroline Close BN3 6WW |
Cul-de-sac of detached executive houses off Queen Alexandra Avenue. Named after Queen Caroline [of Brunswick] (1758-1821), consort of George IV. | |
| Queen Mary Avenue BN3 6XG |
One of several adjacent roads in post-war development named after royalty: Mary (1867-1953), consort of George V. Laid out by 1964, built early 1970s. | Ke1964— |
| ∫ Queen Mary Villas | Former name of Bavant Road. As George V was not yet king and his consort not yet Queen Mary, this refers to an earlier Queen Mary, more likely Mary II (1662-1694). No properties are listed in Pike under this street name. Although Bavant Road is first listed in Kelly in 1920, Pike does not acknowledge the change of name until 1929 and still lists no properties. | Pi1901–Pi1929ç |
| Queen Square BN1 3FD |
Named after Queen Adelaide. †12 was built in 1856 as a Baptist chapel. After the congregation moved to Gloucester Place and modifications in 1908, it became a Free Church, which closed in 1948. It is now in commercial office use. †13, Union Church Institute was designed by Clayton & Black in 19052 and demolished in 1984. †Union Church was originally a Baptist chapel designed by James & Brown and built 1834-35 on a site overlooking Air Street. It later became Congregational and was enlarged and extensively altered in 1867 to designs by Reading architect William Ford Poulton (1820-1900) at a cost of about £4,000. 'Having seen the chapel before and subsequent to the alterations we are of opinion that the money might have been expended to much better advantage. ... The chapel is badly ventilated and we suppose the schools, which are underneath, are even worse off.'1 It closed in 1972. The Union Church Institute to the north was opened in 1902. Both were demolished in 1984 and replaced by bank and office premises. †11, Sussex Ice-Skating Rink opened in December 1970 in a Territorial Army Drill Hall. Closed 2003, is was demolished in 2017 and the site redeveloped as Q Square by Supercity Aparthotels. |
Pi1888— 1Building News, 29 Mar 1867:229 2ESRO DB/D/7/6319 (9 Nov 1907) |
| † Queen Street | Short street to the east of Russell Street, renamed Russell Place. | [1826] Census1841-1851 |
| † Queen Street | At 30 Cheapside leading into Ann Street. Removed to allow for eastward extension of the railway yard. |
Ta1854–Pi1913 |
| Queen Victoria Avenue BN3 6WN, 6WR, 6WT, 6XA, 6WB |
One of several adjacent roads in post-war development named after royalty: Victoria (b.1819, r.1837-1901). Built c1959-1960. | Ke1956— |
| Queen's Gardens, Brighton BN1 4AR North Laine conservation area. |
Between North Road and Gloucester Road. Numbering is sequential from the south-west corner. [ph] 7 opened as the Green Man and became the Queen's Tavern in 1871. It closed by 1911 and was converted to residential use. |
Fo1848— |
| Queen's Gardens, Hove BN3 2LP, 2LQ, 2LR |
Adjacent and parallel to Kingsway between Grand Avenue and St John's Road. Four four-storey houses with porticos, and Kingsway Court block of 110 apartments, entrances in First Avenue and Second Avenue; includes the Bali Brasserie restaurant. †7 was the residence of Reuben David Sassoon. |
Pa1873— |
| ∫ Queen's Mews, Hove | Former name of Queen's Place. 1881 | Pa1891–Ke1938 |
| Queens Parade, Hangleton BN3 8JG |
V-shaped parade of shops with accommodation above on Hangleton Road and Applesham Way, east from the junction with West Way | Ke1960— |
| Queen's Park | In 1825 Brighton solicitor Thomas Attree acquired land north of Eastern Road—already known as Brighton Park—to build a residential park surrounded by detached villas, inspired by Regent's Park in London. He commissioned architect Charles Barry to design it. It was re-named after Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV, who patronised the German Spa opened in 1825 by Dr F A A Struve (whom God preserve) of Dresden at the south end of the park, which remained in operation until 1886 when it continued as a mineral water plant until 1960. On the site now stands the Royal Spa Nursery School (see Park Hill). At the north-west corner, now on Tower Road, stands the 'Pepperpot'. The sale was ordered by the trustees of the will of George Duddell. The 36-acre park itself, without the houses but including the Spa and the Pepperbox, was bought by the Race Stand Trustees in 1890 for £13,500 and donated to the town—an act commemorated by an elaborate drinking fountain. The park is Grade II listed1. It was officially opened on 10 August 1892, as commemorated on the memorial drinking fountain, dating from 1893, which is Grade II listed †Attree Villa was built on the northern edge of the park for Thomas Attree. It became known as Duddell's Villa when occupied from 1863 by George Duddell and subsequently until 1890. It was later a Xaverian College. †Illingworth Lodge. 1851. The bowling green and lake are seen in Wish You Were Here (1987). |
1HE 1001319 2HE 1380779 3HE 1380777 |
| Queen's Park CA | Conservation area, designated in 1977, comprising 18.56ha (45.86 acres). It is still the only one of the city's conservation areas with no character statement. | Map |
| ∫ Queen's Park Avenue | Original name of Pankhurst Avenue c.1908. | |
| Queen's Park Mews BN2 0TG |
Back development off Queen's Park Rise, built 1990s. | |
| Queen's Park Rise BN2 9YY, 9ZF Queens Park conservation area (2, 4, St Luke's Infants School). |
Adjacent to Queen's Park. The lampposts in front of nos 8 and 28, originally for gra but adapted for electricity by BLEECO (marked), are Grade II listed1. | To1906— 1HE 1380781, 1380783 |
| Queen's Park Road BN2 0GG, 0GH, 0GJ, 0GL Queens Park conservation area (14-20 even). |
Adjacent to Queen's Park. Formerly known as Park Road or Park Road West. Mostly under construction c1870-71 but still 'and other houses under erection' in Pa1895. Renumbered 20 April 18811 and 7 August 18952; part renumbered 17 December 19253. NORTH-WEST SIDE (south to north) —Here is Park Road Terrace —Here is Sussex Street (at 25). —Here is Richmond Street (at 83). —Here is Albion Hill (at 91). ph 95, The Independent, formerly 52 and called the Walmer Castle, opened in 1872 and was renamed 143 years later in 2015. The landlord was successfully sued in 1870 by the Brighton Water Company for sinking a cesspool on the premises from which sewage seeped through the chalk into a large contiguous tunnel that served as the conduit for the main water pipe from the Race Hill reservoir6. It was refurbished in 1937 by Stavers Tiltman for Portsmouth & Brighton United Breweries and acquired from them by Brickwoods. —Here is Southover Street (at 173). —Here is Islingword Road (at 149). ph 175, Islingword Inn (formerly 95) was built as the Beaufort Hotel in 1866, designed by E E Scott for Tamplin & Sons. It was added to the local list by Brighton & Hove City Council in 2015, around the time the name changed. —Here is Bentham Road (at 231). —Here is Carlyle Street (at 247). —Here is Arnold Street (at 261). —Here is Lynton Street (at 277). —Here is Baxter Street (at 293). —Here is Cromwell Street (at 307). Racehorse Inn was designed by Samuel Denman with two cottages for Vallance & Catt in 188210. Now unoccupied since c2010, it is on the B&H local list. —Here is Elm Grove. SOUTH-EAST SIDE (south to north) —Here is West Drive. 92, Queen's Park Road Methodist Church was built for the Primitive Methodists in 1891 to a design by W S Parnacott. It has been a nursery, known as Queen's Park Loft, since 1991 and has been on the B&H local list since 2015. —Here is Albion Hill (at 107). Tram shelter at the corner of Queen's Park Terrace is of a distinctive rustic design, built c1901. Grade II listed4. —Here is Queen's Park Terrace. St Luke's Church, designed by Sir Arthur W Blomfield and built in 1879-1885 at a cost of £4,511 to replace a mission of St Mary's in St James's Street in a red brick building of 1875 opposite. It is Grade II listed5. The parish of St Luke's was formed in 1885. †Queen's Park Cricket Ground, also known as East End cricket ground7. was between Queen's Park Terrace and the Queen's Park Tavern before the construction of housing north of the park at the end of the 1890s. —Here is St Luke's Terrace. ph 242, The Hanover was designed by Samuel Denman for Abbey's Kemp Town Brewery9 and opened as Queen's Park Tavern in 1881. It was refurbished in 1926 by Denman & Son. Planning approval for demolition and replacement by four houses was granted in 2005 and the pub closed on 25 March 2023. —Here are Down Terrace and Pankhurst Avenue. —Here is Elm Grove. |
Pa1887— 1ESRO DB/D/27/222 2ESRO DB/D/27/218 3ESRO DB/D/27/79 4HE 481108 5HE 481114 6The Building News, 1870-08-12:122b 7Pa1870 8ESRO DB/D/ 9ESRO DB/D/2035 (15 Jun 1881) |
| Queen's Park Terrace BN2 9YA, 9YB Queens Park conservation area (1-62 consecutive). |
Adjacent to Queen's Park. Mostly built 1894-1895, the road was re-numbered in April 19211. St Luke's Vicarage was the first house built. Garden wall of the former Attree Villa opposite St Luke's Church dates from c1831 and is Grade II listed2. 22-33 are not allocated. —Here is Queen's Park Rise (at 43). 44-49 Lampposts adjacent to the St Luke's Church, opposite no 10 and outside nos 5, 19 and 38 are Grade II listed4.. |
Pi1888— 1ESRO DB/D/46/874 2HE 1380789 3HE 1380791, 1380786, 1380785-88 |
| Queen's Place, Brighton BN1 4JY Valley Gardens conservation area (3-10 consecutive). |
There is a relief of a royal coat-of-arms on a gate post on the north side. 4-9, built c1815 with tarred cobble and brick façades, are Grade II listed1. [ph] 10 was the Nag's Head from c1830 to 1925. It became a decorators' merchants, an electric sign factory, a commercial art studio and refreshments rooms, during and after World War II a Bethel Hall and finally a private residence. |
1826, Fo1861— 1HE 1380793 |
| Queen's Place, Hove BN3 2LT The Avenues conservation area. |
Built c1874. Formerly Queen's Mews. 2-6, including 41 First Avenue, and 7-12, including 39 First Avenue and 11a Second Avenue, are Grade II listed1. |
Ke1947— 1HE 1209640, 1187582 |
| ∫ Queen's Road | Former name for the southern section of London Roaduntil the mid-1820s. Probbaly named after Queen Charlotte, consort of George III. | |
| Queen's Road BN1 3WA, 3WB, 3XA, 3XB, 3XD, 3XF, 3YE, 3YH West Hill conservation area (18-70 and 120-124 consecutive). |
(A2010). Number of properties in 1822: 25. Numbering is sequential from the south-west corner, returning down the east side. The east side was renumbered 7 April 18802 and the whole partly renumbered 2 December 18863; it was renumbered at the corner with North Street 30 March 19224 (following opening of the Regent Cinema). WEST SIDE (south to north) Jubilee Clock Tower was unveiled on 28 June 1888 (the foundation stone was laid 20 January 1888), marking the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria. Designed by J Johnson, it was presented by James Willing, whose name is on the clock faces, cost £2,000 and is Grade II listed8. The Clock Tower is seen in The Young Lovers (1954) and Be My Guest (1964).1-17, east side 95-135, west side 18-53 inclusive. 1851. [ph] 9 was the White Eagle from 1871 to 1956. ph 11 was Morton's dining room (1862), then Morton's Family and Commercial Hotel (1864-1912), taken over by Edlin but keeping Morton's name (1913-1930). Edlin changed it to the Swiss Restaurant by 1964. It is now The Hope and Ruin. —Here is Church Street. 23 was the Brighton, Hove and Sussex Throat and Ear Hospital from 1882, initially only for out-patients until 1889. In 1898 it moved round the corner into Church Street. 25 Sussex Masonic Centre, home of the Duke of Richmond Masonic Lodge, opened by 1898. It was rebuilt from 1919 and completed in 1928 to a design by J L Denman. Grade II listed5. 27 dates from c1830 and is Grade II listed6. —Here is North Road. †44, Imperial Hotel opened by 1856. In September 1896 a demonstration of a French film projector, the Cinegraphoscope, was given here. The hotel was replaced in 1985 by Imperial House office block, which now has a Sainsbury's Local on the ground floor. 47 and 50 have their original shopfronts. 52, Britannia Corner, a pair of terraced houses from c1840, now forming a single shop unit with accommodation above, is Grade II listed7. —Here is Upper Gloucester Road. ph †53, Feathers Tavern and Commercial Inn opened here by 1843. It was remodelled by John Leopold Denman in 1937 and closed in 1958. The site is now occupied by Princes House office building. 58 was known in the 1940s as Tommy Farr's Pantry. ph 59 Royal Standard was built c1857. Boxing champion Tommy Farr was the (non-resident) landlord after his retirement from the ring in 1953. It has been on the B&H local list since 2015 and was refurbished in 2023. 60 was the confectionery shop of Mrs Bessie Sugarman, mother of Ben Sherman. [ph] 62 was the Crown Inn from 1864 to 1901. 63 has its original shopfront. [ph] 65 was the Mitre Tavern from c1854. ph 69-70, Queen's Head opened in 1864. It has been on the B&H local list since 2015. ph †74, Terminus Hotel was open, facing the station, by 1848. It appears to have closed by 1923 and was removed to make way for the widening of Junction Road c1933. —Here is Junction Road. Brighton Station. See Junction Road. EAST SIDE (north to south) —Here is Gloucester Road. †102, Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye opened on 10 November 1846. †104-109, Queensbury House was the residence of Sr William Moon (1818-1894), pioneer of blind welfare in Brighton. Plaque. †113, Dispensary was designed by Herbert Williams as a two-storey building to provide free medical care to the town's poor, with two wards upstairs and a library and museum on the ground floor. It opened in 1849, closed in 1948 and was replaced by the current office block, housing Community Base, c1960. —Here is North Road.  †112 was the Brighton, Hove and Preston Dispensary, founded 1809.†118 was the Oddfellows Hall [right], built by John Fabian for the Manchester Order of Oddfellows and opened on 26 June 1854. It remained in this use until requisitioned during the Second World War, after which it was occupied by the Ministry of Labour. It was demolished in August 1969.9 Hanover Chapel and Burial Ground was an independent place of worship built in 1825 and then became Presbyterian church in 1844. It is now incorporated into the Brighthelm Centre in North Road. The burial ground was notable for the graves of non-conformist Brightonians. The gravestones were documented and moved to the side of the site in 1949. —Here is Church Street. ph †120, Windsor Castle opened by 1852 and closed c1970. †131-132, the furniture shop of J Fieldus, Son & Co, was demolished and rebuilt in 1880 to a design by Thomas Lainson, construction by George Howard for a tender price of £7,845 17s 8d10. †133, Regent Cinema opened in 1921 and closed in 1973. Boots now occupies the site. The ballroom of the Regent featured in Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951).—Here is North Street. |
Ba1822— 1HE 1380799, 1380800 2ESRO DB/D/27/250 3ESRO DB/D/27/228 4ESRO DB/D/27/160 5HE 1380794 6HE 1380795 7HE 1380796 8HE 1380624 9ESRO AMS 6649/4/10/1 10The Builder, 23 Oct 1880:517 |
| Queen's Road Quadrant BN1 3XJ North Laine conservation area (3a PH, 2-5). |
From the junction of Frederick Place and Gloucester Road to Queen's Road, also identified as part of Gloucester Road. Formerly called North Quadrant until 1914. | Pi1917 (ad), Ke1931— |
| Queensbury Mews BN1 2FE Regency Square conservation area. |
Four houses in 1859. Partially demolished in the mid 1960s for the construction of the Metropole exhibition halls and Sussex Heights (see St Margaret's Place). Mainly occupied by fly proprietors in the 1860s. † 4 was Silverthorne's Mews in the 1860s. French Protestant Church (L'Eglise Reformée/Protestante Française) was designed by J G Gibbins and built by W A & B Field; the foundation stones are dated 18 July 1887 and the church was consecrated on 27 February 1888. The land cost £735 and the building £800. Closed for worship after the service on 26 July 2008, it was one of only two such churches in the country, the other being in Soho Square, London. It was converted in 2009-2010 as a residence. A time capsule commemorating Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee was enclosed in the foundation stone laid by M E Reeves, then Mayor of Brighton, and opened in 2010. It has been on the B&H local list since 2015. ph 13, Queensbury Arms is said to be Brighton's smallest pub and dates from c1876, although there was a beerhouse here from c1839. It was once known as the Hole in the Wall. † King's Road Skating Rink was on the south side1. † St Margaret's Industrial Schools (later St Margaret's Primary School) was on the site now occupied by the Metropole Exhibition Halls. (See also St Margaret's Place.) |
Fo1848— 1Bacon's New Ordnance Plan of Brighton, c1880 |
| † Queensbury Place BN1 4JY |
Name for 127-128 King's Road in the 1850s/1860s. | |
| Queensdown School Road, Moulsecoomb BN2 4GP |
Cul-de-sac leads to Homewood College, a community special school. Moulsecoomb railway station, opened May 1980 (the first new station in the then British Rail's Southern Region), access to Platform 1 (south-westbound). See also Crespin Way. Huxley Building of the University of Brighton, named after Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), was opened on 1 July 2011. |
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| Queensway BN2 0FA, 0FB |
Continuation of Sutherland Road to the junction with Freshfield Road and Manor Way. Blocks of 1950s social housing flats. | Ke1954— |
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