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McLEAN, Archibald John | Architect at 3 Palace Place. ARIBA 1909, FRIBA 1925. Lived at Hassocks. | |
MARCHANT, John |
Land surveyor at 51 North Street (1839-1843). | • No work identified so far |
MASON, — |
Architect and surveyor at 8 Waterloo Place (1824). | • No work identified so far |
MASSEY, Percy George | Architect at 145 Ditchling Road. LRIBA 1931. | |
MATCHAM, Frank 1854-1920 |
Foremost theatre architect of the late Victorian and Edwardian period, credited with designing or remodelling up to 120 theatres. | • Grand Theatre, North Road (1894) • Hippodrome, Middle Street (remodelled 1901, 1902) • Alhambra Opera House and Music Hall, King's Road (1897; later Palladium Cinema) |
MAY, Francis John Charles 1839-1906 |
Brighton borough engineer and surveyor. Born at Loose, Kent. | PERSONAL>] • 25 Compton Avenue [residence 1891-1901] WORK • Bevendean Hospital, Bevendean Road • White Street • Brighton Corporation tramway network (1899) |
MAYNARD, Edward 1827- |
Architect and surveyor at 17 Montpelier Road (1851), 1½ Ship Street (1854), 22½ Ship Street (1856). Son of George Maynard. | • No work identified so far |
MAYNARD, George 1804-1893 |
Builder, parish surveyor/assessor. Born in Eastbourne; lived at 52B Preston Street (1839-1851), widowed, lodging at 12 London Road (1861). Living at 33 London Road with second wife and three-year-old son (1871), at 14 Waterloo Place (1881); retired to Burgess Hill, becoming one of the founder arbitrators of the Burgess Hill and Hurstpierpoint Building Society (late the Mid-Sussex Permanent Building Society), founded in 1881; described as 'gentleman' in Probate Calendar, left over £5,000. | • Brighton Workhouse (Arundel Building, Brighton General Hospital), Elm Grove (1865-67) • Warren Farm Industrial Schools, Warren Road (1859) |
MEASURES, Harry Bell 1862-1940 |
Articled to Arthur Loader 1877-1879 and his assistant 1877-82. Ashbury Silver Medal for Architectural Design at Brighton School of Science and Art 1879, Honours Medallist in Building Construction 1880. Own practice in Kensington, London from 1883. In-house architect for William Willett 1884-1892, notably on the West Brighton estate. Designed a number of London Underground Central Line stations around 1900 (plaque at Lancaster Gate tube station). Later became War Office's Director of Barrack Construction. | • 69, 71, 73, 75, 79 The Drive |
MELLOR, M | Mellor & Mellor were auctioneers and valuers, house and estate agents, at 110 St James's Street. | • 2 St George's Road (remodelled for Sussex Dairy Co, 1908) |
MEW, Henry |
Builder and presumed architect at 35 Mighell Street in 1832. | • All Souls Church, Eastern Road (1834, demolished 1968) • The Old Vicarage, Temple Gardens (1834) |
MICKLETHWAITE, John Thomas 1843-1906 |
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WITH SOMERS CLARKE • Holy Trinity Chapel, Ship Street (remodelling, 1885-87) • Victoria Branch, Brighton & Hove Dispensary, Sackville Road (1887) • St Patrick's Church, Cambridge Road (restoration, 1888) • St Peter's Church, Holmes Avenue (restoration, 1891) |
MIDDLETON, A L |
Builder, originally from Rothbury, Northumberland. Formed partnership with Oscar Deutsch and F Stanley Bates to build a cinema in Franklin Road, Portslade. When the others withdrew from ownership after the opening, he continued alone and the cinema opened as the Rothbury. | • Rothbury Cinema, Franklin Road • Jesmond Road • Rothbury Road |
MILEHAM, Harry Robert FRSA 1873-1957 |
![]() Image: In the Mirror, 1946 (Brighton & Hove Museums and Art Galleries) |
• St Mary's, St James's Street [paintings] • 42 Osmond Road [residence 1917-1929] • Burlingham, 35 Mallory Road [residence, 1929-1957] |
MILLS, James 1770- |
Bricklayer and property developer/owner. He is buried at Sta Andrew's Church, as is his son, James Henry Mills (1805-1873), an auctioneer and estate agent, who took over the family business c1832. | PERSONAL • 12 High Street [residence, office 1822] • Blenheim Place [residence 1841] • 3 Mills Terrace [residence -1846 deathplace] WORK • Mills Terrace (1822) |
MITCHELL, William George 1925-2020 |
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• Spirit of Brighton sculpture, Churchill Square |
MOCATTA, David 1806-1882 |
Architect, son of Moses Mocatta. Commemorated in Mocatta House, Trafalgar Place. | • Synagogue, Devonshire Place (enlarged 1837; only facade remains) • Brighton Railway Station, Junction Road (1840) |
MOORE, Richard St George 1858-1926 |
Engineer, architect, trained at Laird Bros, Birkenhead. As well as designing the Palace Pier, he designed piers at Skegness, Tenby and St Leonards. | • Brighton Marine Palace and Pier, Madeira Drive |
MORGAN, John |
Architect and surveyor at 5 Old Steine (1878). | • No work identified so far |
MORRIS, William 1834-1896 |
Designer, artist, writer, socialist. | • St Michael & All Angels, Victoria Road [stained glass] |
Morris & Co |
Design and manufactirng company founded by William Morris, Ford Madox Brown and others. | • Church of the Anunciation of Our Lady, Washington Street [stained glass] |
Murrell & Pigott |
Architectural firm, partnership of H F Murrell and R M Pigott, noted for their apartment blocks, especially in fashionable areas of London. | • 4 Grand Avenue* (1935-36) |
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