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Mackie Avenue, Patcham | Part of the Ladies Mile Estate, named by developer George Ferguson, whose wife's maiden name was Mackie, from a Scottish lowland clan. Named 27 April 1933 and supplementary numbering 16 August 19571. ph 2, Ladies Mile Hotel was built in 1938, designed by Arthur Packham. It was locally listed in 2015. Patcham Clock Tower was built to promote the building development. It was added to the B&H local list in 2015. |
Ke1934— 1ESRO/DB/D/27/30 |
McWilliam Road, Wick Estate, Woodingdean | Numbered 29 April 19481. | Ke1947— 1ESRO/DB/D/27/283 |
Madehurst Close | (pron. Maddurst). Post war council development named after Sussex village. | |
Madeira Drive East Cliff conservation area. Kemp Town conservation area. |
Formerly known as Madeira Road. The original sea wall was constructed 1830-1838 and reconstructed in 1870 under the terms of the Brighton Aquarium and Improvements Act 1869, using stone from London's Blackfriars Bridge, which had been demolished in 1863. The road was laid out in the early 1870s. Sixteen lampposts east from Volks Railway station, erected c1893, and five more at the west end of the road are Grade II listed1, as are two K6 telephone kiosks to the east of the Palace Pier2. This is the goal of the London to Brighton Veteran Car Rally, run in November every year since 1896. The Brighton Speed Trials began here in 1905; on the initiative of Harry Preston, the borough council agreed to tarmac the road for Brighton's first Motor Race Week on 19-22 July that year, in which Charles Rolls was one of the competitors. EAST TO WEST Brighton Marine Palace and Pier (2), known as the Palace Pier, was designed by R St George Moore and begun in 1891. A funding crisis caused a halt in construction, which was completed by Sir John Howard in 1901, with additions in 1906, 1910-11 and 1930 and further post-war restoration and alteration. The pier opened in May 1899. It is 1,650 feet long. The initials BMPP seen on kiosks stand for Brighton Marine Palace and Pier. The octagonal kiosks were moved from outside the Aquarium in 1927. The clock tower by W G Beaumont & Co and the current entrance was opened on 27 June 1930 by Horace W Aldrich, the mayor of Brighton; it replaced the three ironwork arches of the original entrance. It is Grade II* listed11.See also below. Volk's Railway opened in 1883 and now runs from the Aquarium to Black Rock. It was supported on wooden piles that were well clear of the shingle beach to begin with but were gradually covered until the shingle is now level with the track. The line followed a gradient of 1:28 to pass under the Chain Pier. Aquarium was designed by Eugenius Birch and built in 1869-1872, with additions in 1874-1876, the roof being extended to create a roller skating rink. The conservatory was used for concerts and regular theatre performances. (A promenade concert was held in the grounds of the Royal Pavilion to celebrate the opening in August 1872 by the mayor of Brighton, J Cordy Burrows. The old sea-water town pump was discovered by accident next to the toll-house in 187113. An Edison Kinetoscope was installed in 1895 and George Albert Smith gave optical lantern entertainments here that from late 1896 includewd 'animated photographs. For financial reasons, it was sold to Brighton Corporation in 1901. In 1917 the Winter Garden became the Aquarium Kinema for a short time. The exterior was rebuilt in 1927-1929 by David Edwards, the Brighton borough engineer. Two octagonal kiosks at the original entrance were moved at this time across to the entrance to the Palace Pier. The Aquarium, now the Sealife Centre, is thought to be oldest operational aquarium in the world and is Grade II listed3. Madeira Arches stretch from opposite Lower Rock Gardens almost to Paston Place. They were designed by Philip Lockwood, the borough surveyor. The tender for construction of the terraced walk, shelter hall with rooms and lavatories, hydraulic list and associated works was won by Longley & Co of Crawley with a bid of £13,975, the second lowest out of 1715. The ensemble is Grade II* listed. The Colonnade beneath Max Miller Walk was designed as a shopping arcade by borough engineer David Edwards and built as in 2927-1929 as part of the expansion of the Aquarium. It is Grade II listed6. Banjo Groyne, opposite Paston Place, is Grade II listed4, as is the groyne to the west of the Palace Pier5. †The Royal Suspension Chain Pier was a project undertaken by Captain Samuel Brown, built from October 1822 and opened on 25 November 1823 at a cost of £30,000. It extended 1,154 ft and was 13 ft wide and served as the embarkation point for cross-channel ferries to Dieppe. It was painted by John Constable soon after its opening. The toll-house was destroyed in a storm on 24 November 1824 and the pier itself was damaged in storms of 1833 and 1836 but repaired on both occasions. In 1842 George Adolphus Wigney proposed the construction of a harbour wall [right] encircling the pier to form a sheltering harbour14 but this was not built. Hoever, a breakwater was added at the seaward end, designed by Sir Samuel Brown, in 1846. The pier was closed as unsafe on 9 October 1896 and destroyed completely in a storm on 4 December 1896. Pillars from the pier were used to support the verandah at Triangle Park Farm, Plumpton, owned by Mrs N Tamplin.7 A plaque on Max Miller Walk commemorates the pier. †Brighton Marine Palace and Pier was proposed for construction opposite New Steine by Edward Wilson on 20 November 1886 [the same date as a plan for a Brighton Central Pier—see King's Road] to replace the existing Chain Pier with a reconstructed sea-wall by the entrance8. Another similar plan was submitted by Wilson on 30 November 18879 before submitting a first plan for the following in April 188810. See also Palace Pier above. Peter Pan Playground. Prior to the Second World War the site contained a bowling green and pierrot show. The playground was so-called because J M Barrie gave permission to his friend John Maxwell of the family that ran the site. Madeira Lift up to Marine Parade and the Shelter Hall were opened on 24 May 1890. The lift closed in 2007 for a £250,000 renovation and re-opened in April 2009. The lift, Madeira Terrace, Madeira Walk and related buildings are Grade II* listed 12. Arch 285 is the engineering works for Volk's Railway. Black Rock Station, the eastern terminus of Volk's Railway, For the eastern end, see The Esplanade. Madeira Drive features in The Dark Man (1950), Genevieve (1953) and features prominently in Dolphins (2007). The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: The Double (1963) includes a tracking shot along its entire length from the Aquarium to Marine Gate. Daddy Long-Legs was filmed by R W Paul and George Albert Smith in 1897 and by James Williamson in 1900; Volk's Railway was filmed by Williamson in 1900 and many times since. The delect Peter Pan Playground is seen in Wimbledon (2004) and the crazy golf course is in And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2006). |
Ke1920— (with this name) 1HE 1381697, 1381694 2HE 1392289 3HE 1381698 4HE 1381693 5HE 1381695 6HE 1381699 7Sussex Express, 14 September 1923: 2f 8ESRO QDP/501 9ESRO QDP/511 10ESRO QDP/514 11HE 1381700 12HE 1381696 13The Builder, 14 October 1871:816 14Mechanics' Magazine, 12 March 1842:193-200 15The Builder, 24 Nov 1888:385 |
Madeira Place East Cliff conservation area. |
Known as German Place until 1914. Numbering is sequential from the south-west corner, returning along the east side. 10 dates from the mid-late 19th century and with its attached railings is Grade II listed1. 18, dating from the early 19th century, has mathematical tiles; with its attached railings it is Grade II listed2. See also 18 Marine Parade). 20 has the name Hazel House. It incorporates a gated archway leading to what was known as Age Mews, at various times a livery stable, a veterinary practice, a mineral water factory, a motor works, and now a private car park. The number is puzzling as it is historically correct but does not follow the sequence immediately to the north, which also includes a no 20. |
Pi1915— (with this name) 1HE 1381701 2HE 1381702 |
∫Madeira Road | Former name of Madeira Drive. | Pa1884–Pi1929 |
∫Madeira Terrace | The terrace was built under the terms of the Brighton Improvement Act 1884. It cost £29,000 and was designed by Philip Lockwood, the borough surveyor, and opened in two stages: east of Royal Crescent in 1890 and to the west in 1897. It is 25 feet wide and runs for 945 yards. A plaque beside the Madeira Lift (see Madeira Drive) commemorates the construction of the sea wall from Old Steine to Kemp Town by William Lambert in 1830-1838. Opposite the location of the Chain Pier (see Madeira Drive), another plaque commemorating the pier was unveiled on 5 September 2010 by Geoffrey Wells, the mayor of Brighton & Hove, a replica made by Rick Cousins at Cipher Solutions, Crowhurst of a lost original. The terrace was briefly referred to as the Max Miller Walk. | Pa1884 |
Mafeking Road | Commemorates a siege in 1899 1900 during the Boer War (cf, Kimberley Road, Ladysmith Road). 'In formation' (1906); first houses listed 1912. | To1903— |
Magpie Way, Portslade | T-shaped cul-de-sac of semi-detached two-storey houses built 2021. | |
Mainstone Road, Hove | Portland estate. The only resident listed in 1905: Frank Mainstone. | Pi1905— |
Major Close, Hollingdean | Ke1954— | |
Maldon Road | G W Ashdown applied for planning approval from Brighton Borough Council for stables, to be designed/built by Loader & Long, on 16 June 18981. First planning application for a house, to be designed/built by Loader & Long, on 5 August 18982. House building mainly 1902-1906 (50 houses), others 1902 (2) and 1931 (2)3. Renumbered 20 July 19054. | Pa1895— 1ESRO DB/D/7/4747 2ESRO DB/D/7/4764 3ESRO DB/D/7 4ESRO DB/D/27/125 |
Mallory Road, Hove | Pi1926— | |
Malt House Cottages | South side of Blenheim Place. Small tenements. |
Pa1892–To1907 |
Malthouse Lane | Commemorates the Phoenix Brewery which was on the site. (See also Tamplin Terrace.) It was built in the early 2000s. | |
Malvern Street, Hove | Pa1874— | |
† Manchester Row | Fo1859–Ke1947 | |
Manchester Street East Cliff conservation area. |
Built progressively from the 1780s; six houses in 1795. ph †1 was the Albemarle Shades, which became the Albermarle Hotel Bar in 1905 and was latterly owned by Portsmouth & Brighton United Breweries. It opened in 1890 and closed in 1958. 2. Eleanor Marx, daughter of Karl Marx, lodged here in 1873 when supporting herself as a teacher at a school run by the Misses Hall in Sussex Square. ph 7-9, Star Inn opened in 1869. It was refashioned by Stavers Tiltman for Portsmouth & Brighton United Breweries in 1930 and 1937, with the distinctive green tiled frontage, and is Grade II listed1. 10 is late 18th century and faced with black mathematical tiles. Grade II listed2. 14,15,16 built 1810-1824 as Kentfield Billiard Rooms, one of four such establishments in Brighton in 1824. From 1920 to 1927 it was the Brighton Boys Club, now Latest Music Bar. Grade II listed3. 19-20 were formerly part of the Arlington Hotel (see 8-9 Marine Parade). |
Ba1822— 1HE 1381703 2HE 1381704 3HE 1381705 |
Manor Close, Whitehawk | Cul-de-sac off Manor Way. | Ke1937— |
Manor Crescent, Whitehawk | Ke1937— | |
Manor Farm Estate | The farm was owned by the Hallett family. The land was acquired in 1934 from the Marquess of Bristol by the Brighton Corporation on which 436 houses were built in 1935-1936 to accommodate families from slum clearance in the town centre. | |
Manor Gardens, Whitehawk | Extension named 23 December 1969 and supplementary numbering1. | Ke1956— 1ESRO DB/D/27/56 |
Manor Green, Whitehawk | Numbered 10 January 1939. | Ke1947— 1ESRO DB/D/27/283 |
Manor Hill, Whitehawk | Ke1937— | |
Manor Paddock, Whitehawk | Cul-de-sac off Manor Road. No properties listed in Ke1956. | Ke1956— |
Manor Place, Whitehawk | Cul-de-sac off Manor Way. Numbering confirmed 11 June 19801. Robert House see Whitehawk Road. |
1ESRO DB/D/27/445 |
Manor Place, Whitehawk | Cul-de-sac off Manor Way. Numbering confirmed 11 June 19801. Robert House see Whitehawk Road. |
1ESRO DB/D/27/445 |
Manor Road, Kemp Town | Manor Farm and Manor House were where The Green is now. 1 comprises two buildings: the Lees, built by Edward Goldie in 1906, and Villa Maria, added between 1912 and 1931. They were known as St Augustine's, run by the Sisters of St Augustine (1906-1929), St Augustine's Private Home for Ladies (1930-1956), St Augustine's Nursing Home (1958-1994). It was acquired by Bendictine nuns but was converted to residential use in 2015. It is on the B&H local list. †Manor Farm Cottages were here until the Second World War. †St Benedict, Convent of Our Lady of Grace and Compassion was mostly demolished and replaced by The Lees gated housing development in 2015. |
To1898— |
Manor Road, Portslade Portslade conservation area (Portslade Manor, Manor Cottage, St Nicolas Church and Vicarage, sheds and out buildings south side). |
Remains of medieval manor house about 150m west of St Mary's Convent date from the 12th century, modified in the 16th century but later falling into decay and being used as a rubbish tip. Materials from the house were used in adjacent building. Now overgrown, this is a scheduled Ancient Monument5 and Grade II* listed1. St Mary's Convent, originally a medieval manor house, was rebuilt 1807 and is Grade II listed2 with the south and west boundary walls3 and the ruin with grotto adjoining the west front and dating from the early 19th century4. Manor Cottage, on the corner of Dove Road, is on the B&H local list. |
1HE 1208924 2HE 1298643 3HE 1187577 4HE 1187576 5HE 1002272 |
Manor Way, Whitehawk | Numbering and renumbering 23 December 19691, further renumbering and confirmation of existing numbering 11 June 19802. Robert House North comprises six one- and two-bedroom flats, opened December 2016. Manor Way featured in Ambleton Delight (2008). |
Ke1937— 1ESRO DB/D/27/56 2ESRO DB/D/27/445 |
Mansfield Road, Hove | Portland estate. 'No houses' in Pi1927. Mansfield Woodhouse is a manor in Nottinghamshire, part of the estates of the Dukes of Portland. | Pi1927— |
Manton Road, Bevendean | Named 14 December 19331. | Ke1932— 1ESRO DB/D/27/21 |
Maple Close, Woodingdean | Numbered 5 September 19571. | Ke1966— 1ESRO DB/D/27/351 |
Maple Gardens, Hove | One of a group of adjacent roads with apparently random tree names (Acacia, Elm, Laburnum, Rowan). | Ke1933— |
Maresfield Road, Kemp Town | Part of Manor Farm development. 119 is where seven-year-old Maria Colwell was beaten to death by stepfather William Kepple on 6-7 January 1973, the murder leading to the first ever public inquiry into child battering, held at Crown Street, which in turn eventually prompted the passing of the Children Act 1975 after a 'Maria Day' rally in Trafalgar Square, London on 2 November 1974. |
Ke1937— |
Margaret Street East Cliff conservation area. |
Built after 1776; 12 houses built by 1795. ph 2 was the Pier Tavern, which opened c1867 and closed c1893. 7 was the residence of John William Holloway, perpetrator of the first Brighton trunk murder in 1831 (see North Steine Row) and his bigamous wife Ann, who helped him dispose of the body. The severed head and limbs were deposited in the lavatory at this house. ph 19-20 was the Crown & Anchor, wjich opened by 1799 and survived until 1916. |
Co1799— |
Margery Road, Hove | Part of the Stretton Estate to the north of the original Aldrington estate. Margery Kate Stretton (1883-1970), the twin sister of Dorothy, was one of the daughters of the land-owner, Joseph Harris Stretton. No properties listed before 1927. | Pi1909— |
Margo's Mews, Rottingdean Rottingdean conservation area. |
aka Bunkers Row. | |
Marina | ||
Marina Way | Approach road/entrance to the Marina, built mainly on the site of Rifle Butt Road. | |
Marine Avenue, Hove | Initially called Recreation Avenue until 1908, being adjacent to the recreation ground that became Wish Park. Mostly built 1906/07 by Lewonski & Sons. | Pi1909— |
Marine Close, Saltdean | Numbered 5 September 19571. | Ke1966— 1ESRO DB/D/27/347 |
Marine Drive | Replaced the old road to Rottingdean, the Newhaven Turnpike, for which a tollhouse [TP on the map, right] was positioned on the south side of the road to the east of the present-day junction with Roedean Road, but which has closed in 1897 because of coastal erosion. The wide new road was built between Black Rock and Rottingdean at a cost of £105,000 and opened on 22 July 1932 by the Minister of Transport, P J Pybus. Named 23 February 19331. Marine Gate is a block of 105 flats developed by Maurice Bloom at the architectural practice of Wimperis, Simpson & Guthrie and built in 1937-1939. The land was leased by Brighton Corporation to Jukius Turner in October 19362. St Dunstan's Rehabilitation Centre and Hospital for the Blind was built at Ovingdean Gap in October 1938. During the Second World War it was requisitioned by HMS Vernon at nearby Roedean School. Marine Drive featured in The Adventures of Jane (1949) and Dolphins (2007) and Marine Gate in The Big Switch (1969). |
Ke1934— 1ESRO DB/D/27/31 2ESRO ACC 7600/22 |
Marine Drive, Rottingdean | The concrete blocks that supported the rails for Magnus Volk's See-going Railway (nicknamed Daddy Long-Legs) can be seen along the shore below the cliffs. Numbered from Nevill Road to Cranleigh Avenue 3 December 19531. ph White Horse Hotel was built in 1932 on the site of an 18th century (or earlier) inn called the King of Prussia. It was designed by Arthur Packham for Tamplins Brewery. Image: White Horse in 1902 [adapted from RS James Gray Collection] 6 was the Brighton residence around 1905 of journalist and politician T P (Thomas Power) O'Connor MP. He moved here from 64 Lansdowne Place, Hove. 17, Poet's House was the residence of poet Sir William Watson. Plaque. |
Ke1947— 1ESRO DB/D/27/318 |
Marine Drive, Saltdean | 157 was designed by Lap Chan in 2004. | Ke1947— 1ESRO DB/D/27/318 |
Marine Gardens East Cliff conservation area. |
Effectively 'back Charlotte Street' as it was originally the service street, previously known as Union Street. Renumbered 5 January 19611. 14 was the first residence in Brighton of the actress Dame Flora Robson (1902-1984). Cinema 100 plaque. |
Pa1881— 1ESRO DB/D/27/384 |
∫ Marine Mews | See Marine Terrace Mews. | |
Marine Parade Valley Gardens conservation area (1,2). East Cliff conservation area. (North side: 3-165 inclusive, south side: Sea Life Centre, Madeira Lift, shelters) |
(A259) The sea wall was built 1833-1838 at a cost of £100,000. William Lambert was paid £5,472 13s 10d by the Commissioners in 1833/34 and £6,483 8s 1d in 1835/36 for his work on the wall and £2,921 19s 8d for bricklayer's work50. This made it possible to complete a promenade, actually started in 1827, from Old Steine to the town's eastern boundary. Officially the road was renamed Marine Parade King's Cliff in 1908 after Edward VII's convalescence at 1 Lewes Crescent. The railings along the entire length (probably dated 1880 but indistinct) were designed by Philip Causton Lockwood, the borough surveyor, and cast and fixed by C Reed & Son of Brighton. The posts at 8ft intervals each weigh 165kg and the panels between each weigh 216kg1. They are Grade II listed2. †1 was where Lord Byron stayed when visiting Brighton in July and August 1808. —Here is Steine Street. 7 was designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby. the only property listed in Co1799, then the Marine Library. —Here is Manchester Street. ph 8 was part of the Arlington Hotel (later The Hungry Years, currently the Charles Street Tap). ph 9 was once the Marine Library and became part of the Arlington Hotel (later The Hungry Years, currently the Charles Street Bar and Envy Club). —Here is Charles Street. 10 was the Pier Hotel, built by Denman & Son in 1928 for Edlin. The apartments to the rear and above—entrance in Charles Street—are called Pier Court. 12 was designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1825, with an additional top storey. Converted 1985. —Here is Broad Street. 13-14 The Marine Hotel/House dates from the early/mid 19th Century and is Grade II listed4. 17 is from the early 19th century and with its railings is Grade II listed5. —Here is Madeira Place. 18, probably designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1825, was renamed Olivier House in honour of the actor who lived at Royal Crescent. Grade II listed with part of 20 Madeira Place6. 26 has a balcony by Amon Wilds and C A Busby. —Here is Camelford Street. —Here is Margaret Street. 37 was designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1825. Grade II listed26. —Here is Wentworth Street. 38 is early 19th century and Grade II listed 27. 39-40 are early-mid 19th century and Grade II listed 35. —Here is New Steine. 41-45 were designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1825 and are Grade II listed37. Here is Rock Place. 46,47 date fromt eh early 19th century and are Grade II listed 30. 48 Chain Pier House was the residence of Captain Samuel Brown. Brighton Corporation plaque reads: 'Sir Samuel Brown, Designer of Chain Pier, England's First Pleasure Pier, Lived Here 1823'. Dat /> 50-51 and their attached railings were designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1825. Grade II listed 35 —Here is Lower Rock Gardens. 52-53 are early 19th century and Grade II listed7. 54-55 were designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1825, with an additional ground-floor projection. Grade II listed44. 53 was the residence of Captain Henry Hill from 1865 until his death. —Here is Atlingworth Street. 57 was the location of the first photographic portrait studio in Brighton, opened there in November 1841 by William Constable with the name The Photographic Institution of Brighton. With an exclusive licence to the daguerreotype process, Constable charged one guinea (£1.05) for a portrait in a morocco leather folder. 58 is early 19th century and is Grade II listed8. —Here is Grafton Street. 62 dates from mid 19th century and is Grade II listed47. 63 is also mid 19th century and Grade II listed9. 64 was probably designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1825 and is Grade II listed34. —Here is Wyndham Street. 68-69 and 73-74, the latter probably designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby, form a group with Royal Crescent. All are Grade II listed10. —Here is Charlotte Street. 70-72 are early 19th century; 70 was remodelled 1880 by George Lynn & Sons for architect Colonel Robert Edis, and 71-72 remodelled in 1880. Now the Lanes Hotel, it is where Ivor Novello worked on his musical The Dancing Years in 1939. It is Grade II listed48. 71 was the residence of comedian Tommy Trinder. 73-74 were designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby. Grade II listed36. 75 is Grade II listed20. —Here is Marine Gardens. 76 was possibly designed by Charles Barry c1840. Grade II listed19 76A is mid 19th century and Grade II listed39 77 is early 19thc entury and Grade II listed29. 78 was designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1825. It is Grade II listed21. —Here is Bedford Street. 79 was designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby and built for the Duke of Bedford in the 1820s and thus known as Bedford House. It was subsequently the residence of painter Cecil D'Oyly John, who reconverted it to a single house from four flats in 1959, and then of Sir Terence Rattigan from 1961 to 1965, who sold the house in 1967 and is commemorated by a Regency Society blue plaque. Grade II listed25. A description of the renovation of the house is online49. Image: Terence Ratigan and Cecil D'Oyly-John outside the house [Source: The Terence Ratigan Society]. 80-83, except for the balconies, were designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1825 and are Grade II listed41. 84-89 are mis 19th century and Grade II listed45. —Here is Royal Crescent. 90 was used as a torpedo training base for WRNS during the Second World War. Post-war it was the Ministry of Health (Polish Services) Rehabilitation Centre. 100-101, formerly the Royal Crescent Hotel, bears a plaque to mark the site of the residence of George Canning, prime minister in 1827. It is Grade II listed11. —Here is Burlington Street. 102-104 were probably designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1825, with later balconies, and are Grade II listed12. 103 was the residence of Alderman Sir Herbert Carden, marked by a Brighton Corporation plaque. —Here is Crescent Place. 111-119, 122-133 and Marine Square form an important group. 111-112 date from the early 19th century and are Grade II listed33. 113-114 were probably designed c1825 by Amon Wilds and C A Busby and are Grade II listed40. —Here is Bloomsbury Place. 115-119 Clarges Hotel¸ converted from terraced houses, date from c1825 and are Grade II listed13. 122 Rokesley House and 123 Grosvenor House were built c1845 and are Grade II listed14. 124-126, formerly 1-3 Marine Square, were designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1827. Grade II listed15. 124-133 were designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1827. —Here is Marine Square. 127 Collingwood House, designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1826, was a residence of Lord George Seymour and Lady Isabella Seymour until his death in 1848 and then of Robert Cooper Lee Bevan, whose principal residence was at Trent Park in north London (now part of the University of Middlesex), which after his death was sold to Philip Sassoon, son of Sir Edward Sassoon. Grade II listed43. 128-133A, formerly known as Portland Terrace, probably designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1826. Mansion flats. Grade II listed38. 128 (High Cliff Lodge) was a residence of Richard Bevan, brother of Robert Cooper Lee Bevan (see 127 above). 129 was the residence of Isabelle Marchioness of Sligo in the 1920s. —Here is Portland Place. 134-136 are Grade II listed.46 137-139 were probably designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1825. Grade II listed42. 140 was designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby c1825. Grade II listed28. 141-143 Bristol Court was built c1825(141) and 1835. It is Grade II listed16. 141 was the residence of William Henry Hallett, twice mayor of Brighton. —Here is Seymour Street. 142-143, built in 1835, was the Bristol Hotel and is now Bristol Court apartments but still includes the Bristol Bar. William Henry Hallett the brewer designed the house and lived here as a young man. Grade II listed32. —Here is Paston Place. 144-153 is Eastern Terrace. 155-157 date from c1850 and are Grade II listed.17 159-161 are Grade II listed.17 —Here is Belgrave Place. 160 was the residence of Brighton comedian Max Miller from 1936 to 1946. A plaque was unveiled by Roy Hudd and Michael Aspel for the Max Miller Appreciation Society on 19 November 2006. 162 is Grade II listed22. 163-165, built c1840, are Grade II listed18. The Madeira Lift. See Madeira Drive. two K6 telephone kiosks opposite Bloomsbury Place are Grade II listed3, Shelters opposite Lower Rock Gardens, Eaton Place and Marine Square (c1883-87) are Grade II listed23 —Here is Eaton Place. 28 lampposts are Grade II listed24. Marine Parade was seen in Penny Points to Paradise (1950), The Straw Man (1953), The End of the Affair (1999), Me Without You (2001) and Wimbledon (2004). Clarges Hotel was in Carry On at Your Convenience (1971) and Carry On Girls (1973). |
Co1799— 1The Builder, 23 July 1881 vol 41, p129 2HE 1384754 3HE 1381753 4HE 1381706 5HE 1381707 6HE 1381708 7HE 1381716 8HE 1381718 9HE 1381720 10HE 1381722, 1381724 11HE 1381755 12HE 1381733 13HE 1381736-38 14HE 1381739 15HE 1381740 16HE 1381746-47 17HE 1381749, 1381748 18HE 1381751 19HE 1381726 20HE 1381725 21HE 1381729 22HE 1381750 23HE 1381756, 1381758, 1381757 24HE 1381759 25HE 1381730 26HE 1381709 27HE 1381710 28HE 1381745 29HE 1381728 30HE 1381713 31HE 1381714 32HE 1381747 33HE 1381734 34HE 1381721 35HE 1381715 36HE 1381724 37HE 1381712 38HE 1381742 39HE 1381727 40HE 1381735 41HE 1381731 42HE 1381744 43HE 1381741 44HE 1381717 45HE 1381732 46HE 1381743 47HE 1381719 48HE 1381723 49The Rattigan Version: The Newsletter of the Terence Rattigan Society, July 2017 |
Marine Park, Aldrington | Original Name for Aldrington Recreation Ground (Wish Park) in New Church Road. | Pa1895– |
Marine Square East Cliff conservation area. |
Probably designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby, c1824. [28 houses.] The gardens were taken over by Brighton Corporation in 1884. 4-28 are Grade II listed.1 |
PO1845— 1HE |
∫ Marine Street | Former name of Wyndham Street. | Ba1822— |
Marine Terrace Mews East Cliff conservation area. |
[10 houses (?)] See also Marine Mews. |
Census1861 |
Marine View | †2 was an early beerhouse in 1832-33. | Fo1848— |
† Mark Lane Mews | At 19 Upper St James Street. This was the stables for the Brighton, Hove and Preston United Bus Company from 1885; it was conveyanced to Southdown Motor Services in February 1916 and sold in October 19171 |
1ESRO SMS/1/24/1 p157 |
Market Lane | East from the rear of the Friend's Meeting House to 38 Market Street. | Ke1932–Ke1938 |
Market Street Old Town conservation area. |
The town's market hall, selling fresh produce, opened here in 1774. Mostly pedestrianised in 1999. It originally continued down to the seafront but was ill-advisedly blocked off by the construction of a hotel. See also Brighton Place. ph 1, The Market Inn was built early 19th century as a pair of houses, which became the Chimney inn (the owner was said to have been the Prince Regent's chimney sweep). It was later converted into an hotel and then, in the 20th century, a pub called the Three Chimneys, then renamed the Golden Fleece Hotel. The name changed again to the Market Inn in 1990. It is Grade II listed1. ph 2 was called The Golden Fleece, established early in the 19th century and held copyhold by William Wigney until 1850. It was taken over by Tamplin and closed in 1958. 3-4 date from the late 18th century and are faced with mathematical tiles. Grade II listed2. 11 is late 18th/early 19th century, formerly a house, now a shop. Grade II listed3. 17, on the corner with Bartholomews, was once the Pechell Arms PH, which opened c1856 and closed c1913, named after the Pechell family. It is now an Italian restaurant. 23 was built early 19th century and is faced with mathematical tiles and was extensively restored 1992. Grade II listed4. 24 dated from the early to mid 19th century but was damaged by fire 1992. It is Grade II listed5. ph †35, The Jolly Fisherman (formerly 10 Little Castle Square) was here by 1822, set back from the building line. It opened at 04:00 to serve the market traders. It closed in 1947. 41-41A, grouped with 24 Prince Albert Street, are Grade II listed6. ph 44-46, The Pump House Tavern opened in 1776 and is Grade II listed7. 47, dated to 1835 in a plaque, was the House of Correction (town lock-up) early in the second half of the 19th century. It is Grade II listed8. 48-48A are Grade II listed listed9. |
Co1799— map c1824 1HE 482125 2HE 482126 3HE 482127 4HE 482128 5HE 482129 6HE 482130 7HE 482131 8HE 482132 9HE 482133 |
Marlborough Mews | Built 1987 off Regent Hill. | |
Marlborough Place Valley Gardens conservation area. |
Known as North Row when building ebgan in 1772. It was renamed in 1819 in honour of the Duke of Marlborough, who had a house immediately north of the Royal Pavilion, roughly where the north gate (see Church Street) is now situated. Statue of Queen Victoria is Grade II listed9. ph 14-16, King and Queen replaced a farmhouse on the site and was licensed from 1779. It also housed the corn market until 30 September 1868, when the Corn Exchange opened in Church Street. It was the headquarters of the Edlin family's chain of local pubs when under their ownership. The current building is by Clayton & Black and dates from 1931-32. Grade II listed1. 14 enfranchisement of copyhold of Brighton manor on 13 June 18672. 15 enfranchisement of copyhold of Brighton manor on 27 October 18683. 17-18 enfranchisement of copyhold of Brighton manor on 6 February 19074. 20-22 were built 1933 to a design by John Leopold Denman for the Citizens Permanent Building Society. Grade II listed7. 26 and attached wall dates from the early 19th century and are Grade II listed5. 31-32, built in the early 19th century, are Grade II listed8. 33-36 dates from the early 19th century and are Grade II listed6. Mazda Fountain was donated to the town by British Thomson-Houston in 1930. The controls are housed in a box opposite no 23/24. |
Marchant-Sicklemore map 1809 Ba1822— 1HE 1381770 2ESRO ACC8745/59/1 3ESRO ACC8745/59/2 4ESRO ACC8745/55 5HE 1384772 6HE 1381774 7HE 1381771 8HE 1381773 9HE 1380678 |
† Marlborough Row | Terrace, built c1774, from the south-east end of Church Street into what is now the Pavilion Gardens, of which only Northgate House remains, the rest being demolished 1820 (nos 1-4) and 1821 (nos 5-7), the last to go being a blacksmith at no 9. | Co1799 |
Marlborough Street Clifton Hill conservation area (10-20, 25-30). |
Mostly built 1820s. 10 was The Joiner's Arms PH, opened by 1839 and closed by 1898. 18-19 was a builder's yard, then a motor engineering and/or car hire firm between the world wars (hence two double doors). From the end of 1930s until at least the mid 1970s it housed a wholesale gown/blouse manufacturer1, which may explain the distinctive windows. |
Ke1845— 1Kelly, passim |
Marlow Road, Black Rock | Numbered 8 December 19321. No properties listed in Ke1933. | Ke1933— 1ESRO DB/D/27/35 |
Marmion Road, Hove | Duke of Portland land on the Aldrington Estate. Laid out 1897 by Robert Reid with Shelley Road and Tamworth Road.1. Made up 1904 by G Burstow & Sons2. Stoneham Park is on land presented to the Borough of Hove by the Duke of Portland and opened on 11 October 1913 by the mayor of Hove, Ald Barnett Marks. Plaque by entrance. Hove Drill Hall was built c1909. |
To1899— 1ESRO DO/C/6/1568 2ESRO DO/C/6/2503, 2503 |
Marshall Way, Hove | Created to provide access from Nevill Avenue to the Polyclinic and Martlets Hospice, which opened in 1997. | |
Marshall's Row | Leading to Brighton Open Market. | PO1845— |
Martha Gunn Road, Bevendean | Built 2005 (?) on the site of the former Bevendean Hospital. Martha Gunn, most famous of the 'dippers'. | |
† Martins Gardens | Location uncertain. | Ba1824; [1826] |
Martin Road, Hove. | Ke1933— | |
Martyn's Close, Ovingdean | Late 20th century housing, part of the Wanderdown development. | |
Matlock Road, Preston | Naylor applied for Brighton Borough Council approval to build two houses on 20 October 18981. | Pi1896— 1ESRO DB/D/7/4824 |
Max Miller Walk | Madeira Terrace was (apprently only briefly) given this name in commemoration of the comedian | |
† May Cottages | Terrace of six cottages in Hollingdean Road. Built by Patching in 1898 and demolished in 2022. | |
May Road | Some of the earliest Brighton council housing. Named after borough engineer and surveyor FJC May. Renumbered 26 March 19311. | To1906— 1ESRO DB/D/27/162 |
† Maycroft Villas | Formerly towards the north-east end of Upper Drive. | Pi1915–Ke1936 |
Mayfield Close | Renumbered 1 May 19471. | Ke1938— 1ESRO DB/D/27/272 |
Mayfield Crescent, Patcham | Numbered 30 July 19361. | Ke1937— 1ESRO DB/D/27/9 |
Mayflower Square | Housing development above London Road car park. | |
Mayo Road, Round Hill Round Hill conservation area. |
Numbered 20 April 18811. See also Richmond Road. |
Pa1881— 1ESRO DB/D/27/179 |
† May's Buildings and Mews | Formerly part of 83 King's Road1. | [1826] Census1841-1881 1ESRO HOW/104/2 |
† May's Court | Aka Smart['s] Court. | [1826] Census1861 |
† May's Mews | See May's Buildings and Mews. | |
Maytree Walk, Hangleton | ||
Meadow Close, Hove | Cul-de-sac off Tongdean Road. | Ke1938— |
Meadow Close, Portslade | Cul-de-sac off Easthill Drive with pedestrian access from Foredown Road. Bungalows around a grassed square. | Ke1951— |
Meadow Close, Rottingdean | Beechlands estate. Circuitous housing development off Falmer Road. Numbered 27 July 19541. Part of Court Ord Road renumbered as Meadow Close 23 April 19711. 1-8 Court Ord Cottages were built in 1896 and are on the B&H local list. |
Ke1956— 1ESRO DB/D/27/353 |
Meadow Parade, Rottingdean | Small parade of shops set back from Falmer Road at the entrance to Meadow Close. Numbered June 19581. | 1DB/D/27/353 |
Meadow View, Bevendean | ||
Meads Avenue, Hangleton | Bungalows. | Ke1966— |
Meads Close, Hangleton | Cul-de-sac off Meads Avenue. Bungalows. | Ke1966— |
Meadway Crescent, Hove | Ke1947— | |
† Medina Esplanade | Renamed King's Esplanade c1910. | Pi1897–Pi1910 |
† Medina Mews, Hove | From Hove Place to 17 Osborne Villas. | Pa1880–Pi1921 |
† Medina Parade, Hove | West from the southern end of Medina Terrace. †Hove Baths and Laundry Co. The laundry department was in Sussex Road. |
To1898–To1899 |
Medina Place, Hove Cliftonville conservation area. |
To1906— | |
Medina Terrace, Hove Cliftonville conservation area. |
Part of Kingsway, from 1 Victoria Terrace to the sea. 'Houses unfinished' in Pa1873. 2-8, built c1875, are Grade II listed1. 2 deed dated September 1872 between W J Williams and Jabez Reynolds2. †8 was occupied by Mrs O'Shea 1883-89. The fire escape featured in divorce proceedings brought by her husband against Charles Stewart Parnell in 18903. The site is now occupied by Parnell Court flats. Plaque. Parnell and Mrs O'Shea moved to Walsingham Terrace. |
Pa1873— 1HE 1298644 2ESRO amsgg/AMS6621/3/36 3Judy Middleton: A History of Hove |
Medina Villas, Hove Cliftonville conservation area. |
One of four streets with names from the Isle of Wight, newly favoured by Queen Victoria (see also Albany Villas, Osborne Villas and Ventnor Villas). 5 was the residence from the 1850s (?) of Commander Charles Codrington Forsyth. 42-43 are semi-detached villas, probably designed by F D Bannister c1852 in Jacobethan style. Grade II listed. Bannister, who designed much of northern Cliftonville, lived at 42. |
Ta1854— |
Medmerry Hill, North Moulsecoomb | Terraces of four two-storey houses. | Ke1933— |
Meeting House Lane Old Town conservation area. |
Built late 18th/early 19th century, the lane was also known as Poplar Row/Place. The Meeting House (now Elim Tabernacle—see Union Street) was built in 1698 (enlarged in 1820 and partly rebuilt 1829) for a congregation formed in 1688 after the Act of Toleration. At the North Street end was a low wall ('rossel' wall) acting as a stile. Proposed numbering c18901. 1-3 are Grade II listed2. ph 4-5, Bath Arms opened in 1868. It is Grade II listed3. 6-8 are Grade II listed12. 9-12 are Grade II listed13. 10 was The Blacksmith's Arms PH 1848-1854. 12 was The Model House Tavern PH from 1858 to 1950. It was remodelled by Stavers Tiltman for Portsmouth & Brighton United Breweries in 1939. —Here is Clarence Yard (at 12). †20 included an archway opening to an alley that lead to three cottages, owned by Hanningtons, behind the shops[below]. 22-26 are Grade II listed4. 27-28, 29-30, 31-31A are Grade II listed5. 32 is an 18th century brick house witha 20th century shop front. Grade II listed6. 36-38, 39-40 are Grade II listed7. 41 is Grade II listed8. 43, 44, 45-48 is Grade II listed9. 49, 50, 50A are Grade II listed10. 51-53 are Grade II listed11. 1 2. Images: 1.Poplar Place looking into Clarence Yard with the entrance to the Model House Tavern in 1923 [RS James Gray Collection]; 2. Poplar Place in 1933 [RS James gray Collection]; 3. the name plate now [David Fisher] |
Co1799— 1ESRO DB/D/27/266 2HE 1381775 3HE 1381039 4HE 1381778 5HE 1381779, 1381780, 1381781 6HE 1381782 7HE 1381783, 1381784 8HE 1381785 9HE 1381786, 1381787, 1381788 10HE 1381789 11HE 1381790 12HE 1381776 13HE 1381777 |
Melbourne Street | Formerly called California Cottages. William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, was British prime minister 1834 and 1835-1841. 28 was a childhood residence of the writer A E Coppard. |
Fo1864— |
Melrose Avenue, Portslade | The city boundary is behind the houses on the south-west side of the road. | Ke1949— |
Melrose Close, Hollingdean | Cul-de-sac off Mountfields. | Ke1954— |
Melville Road, Hove | No properties listed in To1899. Elliott applied for Brighton Borough Council approval for four houses, to be designed by Loader & Long, on 6 October 18981 and one more on 5 January 18992. Winn applied for approval for 10 houses on 6 October 18983 and submitted an amended plan for 10 houses, to be designed/built by Burstow, on 17 November 18984. 7 'Rosedene' was the residence of film pioneer George Albert Smith from before the First World War until the late 1930s/early 1940s; his wife, Laura Bayley, died when they were at this address. |
To1899— |
Merevale, Hollingdean | Cul-de-sac off Stephens Road. | Ke1956— |
Merlin Close, Hove | Cul-de-sac of neo-Georgian terraces off Upper Drive. | Ke1968— |
Merston Close, Woodingdean | No properties listed in Ke1954. Numbered 1 March 19561 and 6 September 19562. | 1Brighton Ratebook 1926 2Ke1954— ESRO DB/D/27/336 |
Meyners Close, Hangleton | Cul-de-sac off Warenne Road. | Ke1966— |
∫ Middle Lane, Preston | Renamed Middle Road [qv] 1889. Police station. |
Pa1873–Pa1890 |
Middle Road, Preston Preston Village conservation area. |
Formerly Middle Lane. Two plots of freehold land were sold in November 1888 for £850 and 10 freehold cottages for £1,1302. The road was renamed and numbered 21 November 18891. 18 was the police and fire station until 1928. Now flats. |
Pa1891— 1ESRO DB/D/27/224 2The Builder, 24 Nov 1888:383 |
Middle Street, Brighton Old Town conservation area. |
One of the original streets of the old town; 67 houses by 1776, another 13 added by 1795. Elementary school built 1807 08, extended 1875, which required the demolition of several cottages in Boyce's Street and replaced by a new primary school early 1980s. Renumbered 15 June 18811. WEST SIDE 1 was the Ship in Distress inn, built in the 1790s. It was rebuilt in 1822 when King's Road was developed, and renamed the Sea House Hotel. William IV visited Viscountess Bronte, the widow of Admiral Nelson, when she was staying here in September 1830. It was again rebuilt without the hotel in the 1870s and closed in the early 1980s. It was bought by the University of Sussex and a new pub was included in the scheme as part of the site with 51-53 King's Road. —Here is South Street. 3 freehold sold in September 1888 for £1,02013. 9-12 was the Henry Schilling mineral water factory and bottling plant. It was reconstructed in 1912 for the Brighton and Hove General Gas Company, which commissioned a new building in 1930, which was demolished in 2021. ph 13, The Hop Poles opened in 1839 as the Spotted Dog [below], although a pub on this site may date from as early as 1791.In the 1960s and early 1970s it was noted as a gay pub. 14 was built on the site of Tugwell's Court11. 15 was the address of the High Constable in 17992. —Here was Hayllar's Cottages. 19 was the residence of Daniel Hayllar from before 1841 to 1866. It is Grade II listed3. 20 may have included a workshop used briefly around 1905 William Friese-Greene, commemorated in the misleading text on a Brighton County Borough plaque to a design by Eric Gill. It included the laboratory of colour photography pioneers Captain W Lascelles Davidson and Dr Benjamin Jumeaux c1904-07. Grade II listed4. —Here is Boyce's Street. 37, Middle Street Primary School The Spotted Dog [Image: Brighton & Hove Museums EAST SIDE —Here is Dukes Lane. 52-58, Hippodrome opened 1897 as a skating rink and converted into a circus in 1901 by Frank Matcham and in 1902 by Bertie Crewe into a variey theatre for Tom Barrasford. Soon after Barrasford's death at Hippodrome House on 1 February 1910—said to have been one of the largest funerals Brighton has ever seen—the theatre was taken over as part of the circuit run by Walter de Frece. The Beatles appeared here on 2 June 1963 supporting Roy Orbison and again at the top of the bill on 12 July and 25 October 1964. The theatre closed in November 1964 and became the Mecca Bingo Club in 1967, which closed on 8 August 2006. Grade II* listed5. —Here is Ship Street Gardens. 60 is Grade II listed6. 66, Middle Street Synagogue (previously 60-61) was designed by Thomas Lainson and built by Cheesman in 1874 for the Brighton Hebrew Congregation, which bought (then) 58-61 Middle Street (previously 59, 60, 61) from Richard Mallam Webb on 8 May 1874, copyhold of the manor of Atlingworth7. Electric lighting was installed in 1892—probably the first British synagogue thus equipped8. Grade II listed with its gate9. The area behind was known as Garrett's Yard. 68 (62 in old numbering) was a racket court in 1864-1881. It became the Yeomanry Cavalry Club 1882-1886, then the Brighton & County Club 1887-1905. 73 was leased to Southdown Motor Services as a garage in August 191512. The underlease was let to J Lyons & Co in June 1917. 74-76 are Grade II listed10. Victory Inn see Duke Street. |
Co1799— 1ESRO DB/D/27/190 2Co1799 3HE 1381791 4HE 1381792 5HE 1381793 6HE 1381794 7ESRO amsh/AMS5610 8Jtrails 9HE 1381796 10HE 1381795 11Census1881 12ESRO SMS/1/24/1 p16 13The Builder, 22 Sep 1888:220 |
Middle Street, Falmer BN1 9PD |
ph The Swan, a brick and flint building, dates in its eastern part from the 18th century, the western part from the 19th century. It is Grade II listed1. 43-47 were built before the 1870s |
1HE 10439334 |
Middle Street, Portslade | Commercial units have replaced terraced housing. | Census1871 |
† Middle Street Cottages | At 49 (later 56) Middle Street. Five cottages, demolished 1896 to make way for the Real Ice Skating Rink (later Hippodrome) at 54 Middle Street. |
Fo1864–Pi1896 |
† Middle Street Gap | Sea House Tap. 1851. | Census1851 |
∫ Middle Street Lane | The name in the late 18th century for both Ship Street Gardens and/or South Street. | map Co1799 |
Middleton Avenue, Hove | Pi1929— | |
Middleton Rise, Coldean | Ke1949— | |
Midhurst Rise, Hollingbury | One of several streets off Carden Avenue with local Sussex place names. Midhurst is a market town near Chichester. The roadway is constructed of concrete slabs laid by German prisoners-of-war. | Ke1949— |
Midhurst Walk, Hangleton | One of a group of adjoining roads named after Sussex towns and villages. No properties listed in Ke1949. | Ke1949— |
Midway Road, Wick Estate, Woodingdean | Numbered 29 April 19481. | Ke1947— 1ESRO DB/D/27/283 |
Mighell Street Carlton Hill conservation area (33, 34/35). |
(pron Myall.) Formerly known as Richmond Road. Philip Mighell was a local landowner at the end of the 18th century. It was mostly demolished to make way for Amex House in Edward Street, the European headquarters of American Express, and truncated to a stump. With the relocation of Amex House and the redevelopment of the Edward Street site, pedestrian access eas reinstated to Edward Street in 2022. 34-35, a brick and flint former farmhouse divided into two houses, is Grade II listed1. ph †47, The Black Lion opened as The Lion Inn c1854. †Strict Baptist Chapel built here in 1878 was known as Mighell Street Hall. In 1921, the Virgo family, who were spiritualists, sold it to became a church of that denomination (see Edward Street). It was compulsorily purchased and demolished in 1961. |
PO1845— 1HE 1381797 |
Milcote Avenue, Hove | Ke1931— | |
† Mile End Cottages, Patcham | In Ladies Mile Road. Replaced by Ladies Mile Court? | Ke1934–Ke1958 |
Mile Oak, Portslade | An oak tree outside a pub was said to be one mile from the centre of Portslade village. | |
† Mile Oak Cottages, Portslade | Census1871; Pa1892–To1898 | |
Mile Oak Farm, Portslade | Ke1947— | |
Mile Oak Gardens, Portslade | Ke1947— | |
Mile Oak Road, Portslade | 277-283 (odd), a terrace of early 20th century houses, are on the B&H local list. Mile Oak Farm was bought by Brighton Corporation in January 1890 as one of the measures to ensure a water supply for the growing town. A pumping station was built in 1900, designed by borough waterworks engineer James Johnston, demolished in 1961. 370, Mile Oak Inn was designed by John Leopold Denman and opened in 1954. 479, 481 are cottages designed by James Johnston for waterworks employees and built in 1900. They are on the B&H local list. |
Ke1947— |
Miles Walk, Hove | A footpath at 174 Church Road that formerly ran alongside the gas works northwards behind Connaught Road school and under an archway into Stirling Place but also now applied to the car park access road between the Tesco supermarket and St Andrew's Church. | ; |
Mill Close, Portslade | Cul-de-sac off Mill Lane. | |
Mill Cottages, Patcham | At the northern end of Overhill Drive. | Ke1937–Ke1958 |
Mill Cottages, Portslade | At East Hill.. | Pa1892–To1902 |
Mill Cottages, Rottingdean | Pa1892 | |
Mill Houses, Patcham | Same as Mill Cottages [qv]. | |
Mill Lane, Portslade | Pa1892— | |
∫ Mill Path, Patcham | Renamed as Highview 27 February 19361. | 1ESRO DB/D/27/4 |
∫ Mill Place, | Former name of Vine Place. One listing (no 1&2) and 'other houses now building' in Pa1869. | Fo1848– |
∫ Mill Place (East), Kemp Town | Intersects at the end of St George's Road and leads to the Eastern Road. Former name of Sudeley Place. One listing (no 1&2) and 'other houses now building' in Pa1867-1869. |
PO1845–Pa1869 |
Mill Rise, Westdene | Leads up to Patcham windmill. Named 5 April 19381. Numbering and supplementary numbering 7 July 1960, 23 March and 5 October 19612. No properties listed in Ke1956. Loyal Parade named 25 April 19632. |
Ke1956— 1ESRO DB/D/27/40 2ESRO DB/D/27/375 |
Mill Road, Patcham | Named thus 24 October 19351 but already listed with that name in Ke1934. Patcham Windmill (aka Waterhall Mill) was built February 1884-February 1885 for the Harris family by a local builder called Hubbard with machinery from J W Holloway & Son of Shoreham. It was converted for residential use in the 1960s2. Grade II listed3. |
Ke1934— 1ESRO DB/D/27/11 2Sussex Mills Group 3HE 1381798 |
Mill Row BN1 3SU |
Identified as 10-13 West Hill Road. | |
† Mill's Terrace | See Mills Terrace. |
Ke1845–To1902 |
Millcroft, Westdene | Numbered 3 July 19581. | Ke1958— 1ESRO DB/D/27/366 |
Millcross Road, Portslade | Ke1949— | |
Millers Road, Preston | A windmill formerly known as West Mill, then Streeter's Mill, was moved to a site at the top of the road from Belle Vue Field (now Regency Square) by 36 yoke of oxen in 1797; it was known in 1866 as Trusler's Mill after its owner James Trusler and was demolished in 1885 but by then had given its name to the road1, which extended south/south-west to Dyke Road until Highcroft Villas was laid out in the early 1880s. Renumbered 4 July 19072 and 19 July 19383. 37 [right] was designed by Arthur Packham for Tamplins brewery in 1899 as the Mavis Bank Hotel, taking its name from amn 18th-century country house in Midlothian, Scotland. It was also called the Woodcroft Hotel before becoming the Preston Grammar School between 1907 and 1913. |
Pi1896— 1James Gray Collection 2ESRO DB/D/27/171 3ESRO DB/D/27/43 |
Millfield Cottages East Cliff conservation area. |
Takes its name from the East Mill (later Taylor's Mill), which stood at the end of Sudeley Place, and comprises 13 cottages on the north side facing the backs of 41-57 St George's Road. | PO1845— |
† Mills Terrace, Hove | On the high road to Shoreham [Kingsway], about one-third of a mile west of Adelaide Crescent. Built in 1822 by James Mills, who lived at no 3 in Ke1845. Demolished 1899, building plans were never implemented (a miniature gold course was here c1930) until Courtenay Gate was built on the site in 1934. |
Ke1845–Pi1901 |
Millyard Crescent, Woodingdean | Numbered 1 January 19541 and 6 September 19562. | Ke1966— 1ESRO DB/D/27/317 2ESRO DB/D/27/339 |
Milner Flats | Built in 1934 on the site of the former Woburn Place between Kingswood Street and Morley Street—an example of hygienic accommodation as part of the national slum clearance programme, named after Alderman Hugh Milner Black (1865-1950). | Ke1947— |
Milner Road | One of several streets named after heroes of the Boer War, this one being the British Commissioner in South Africa, Sir Alfred (later Viscount) Milner (1854 1925). Ironically, the newly elected and more radical House of Commons elected in 1906—the year the street was built—passed a vote of censure on Milner for authorising the flogging of Chinese coolie labourers in South Africa. | To1904— |
Milnthorpe Road, Hove | Portland estate, part of the Glen Estate. 'In formation' in To1907. Milnthorpe in Nottinghamshire is in the Welbeck estate of the Dukes of Portland. | To1899— |
† Milton Place | At 32 Upper Russell Street. Formerly Milton Cottage. 'Small tenements'. |
1Ba1822–Ke1958 |
Milton Road | Fo1859— | |
Molesworth Street, Hove | To1899— | |
Monk Close, Coldean | Cul-de-sac off Rushlake Road. | |
Monmouth Street, Cliftonville, Hove | Pa1875— | |
Montague Place East Cliff conservation area (16-26). |
Now dominated by Warwick Mount and Essex Place tower blocks. 1 was designed by Thomas Lainson in 1872 and built by John Fielder of Chichester3 for a Bible Christian congregation, which moved here from Upper Bedford Street, having been founded in 1812 in a small chapel in Cavendish Street. Designed to seat 450, the contract price was £2,650. It later became a Methodist church and is now owned by Brighton College. Grade II listed1. †ph 3, The Black Horse opened c1871 and closed 1901. †4. Edwin Place was off here. †7. Bedford Buildings was off here. and was remodelled by John Leopold Denman in 1929. It closed in 1954 and demolished. ph 16-17, The Black Horse opened in 1858, was owned by Kemp Town Brewery and was converted into two houses in 2011. ph 18 opened as The Windsor Castle c1858 and in 1901 became a fish and chip shop. It is now residential. 25 was designed by Clayton & Black in 1908/09 for Brighton, Hove & Preston United Omnibus Company as a garage and recharging depot for electric buses in 1908 and used as such until 1917. Now a garage. Grade II listed 2. Essex Place is a 17-storey Brighton Council block of 128 flats, built by Rice as stage II of the Somerset Street reevelopment in 1965-1966. |
[1826] Ke1845— 1HE 1380359 2HE 1423929 3The Builder, 2 Nov 1872:872 |
Montague Street East Cliff conservation area (south side). |
ph †1, The Montague Arms was a beerhouse as early as 1845. It closed c1938. Somerset Point is a 17-storey Brighton Council block of 86 flats, built by Rice as stage I of the Somerset Street reevelopment in 1962-1964. |
Ke1845— |
Montefiore Road, Hove | Sir Moses Haim Montefiore (1784-1885) was a leading Jewish financier and philanthropist. His sister Sarah (1789-??) married Moses Asher Goldsmid, brother of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid; his niece Sophia Solomons married Aaron Goldsmid, another niece, Louisa (d 1910), married Sir Anthony de Rothschild (1810-1876) and a third, Mary, married Benjamin Mocatta. He was a cousin of David Mocatta, the architect of Brighton station and Brighton Regency Synagogue. 2, Montefiore Hospital was built as a furniture repository for the Brighton department store Hanningtons. Designed in 1899 by Clayton & Black for a site not acquired until 1901, it opened in 1904. In 1972 it was converted into offices for Legal & General by Devereux & Partners and in 2012 was reconverted into a private hospital for Spire Healthcare. The building is on the B&H local list. 36, Montefiore Methodist Church was designed by E J Hamilton1. It opened in 1904 and closed in 1950. It is now the Grace Eyre Foundation and Purple Playhouse, and is on the B&H local list. |
To1899— 1ESRO DO/C/6/2525 (28 Mar 1904) |
Montgomery Street, Hove | In the Poet's Corner district, this street is named after the largely forgotten poet Robert Montgomery (1807-1855), who died in Brighton. 'Houses building' in Pa1882-1887. 1-31 (odd),10-32 (even) and 40-86 were designed by Thomas Lainsonin 18813. 2-8 (even) were designed by Samuel Denman in 18936. 16 was the residence of James Bartley, who worked at the Black Rock gasworks. On his 1921 census return he wrote:'Five persons living in one room. Stop talking about your homes for heroes and start building some houses and let them at a rent a working man can afford to pay.' ph 33, The Poets Corner The Eclipse was designed by Samuel Denman in 1886 (the date is on the St Patrick's Road elevation) for Vallance & Catt's West Street Brewery1, with alterations and additions by Denman in 18932. Named after a famous racehorse, depicted in bas relief on one of the two gables, the other showing a horse called Diamond. It became The Poets' Corner c2011 and is now also known as the Poets' Ale and Smokehouse. It is on the B&H local list. 34, 36 were designed by Thomas Lainson & Son in 18894. †35 {right] was designed by Thomas Lainson & Son as a Jewish Convalescent Home in 18895. It became St Barnabas Mission House by 1913 until 1929, when it reverted to the Jewish (Boy's) Convalescent Home. It was Montgomery House Nursing Home, run by the Society for Housing the Elderly, from 1947 to 1999. It was replaced by Montgomery Terrace. 117-147, including two shops, were built by William Chadwell in 18997. Image: Jewish Convalescent Home, watercolour by T J Lainson [Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust] |
Pa1882— 1ESRO DO/C/6/743 2ESRO DO/C/6/1129 3ESRO DO/C/6/551, DO/C/6/553, DO/C/6/573 4ESRO DO/C/6/886 5ESRO DO/C/6/874 6ESRO DO/C/6/1137 7ESRO DO/C/6/1944 |
Montpelier | The name was used in several British towns—Bristol, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Harrogate and London, for instance—especially in the second quarter of the 19th century to imply salubrious new property development, although such use of the name dates back to at least a century earlier. | |
Montpelier and Clifton Hill CA | Conservation area, designated 1973, extended in 1977 and renamed in 2005, comprising 30.51ha (75.40 acres). | Character statement Map |
Montpelier Crescent Montpelier and Clifton Hill conservation area. |
Partly built by Amon Henry Wilds 1843-47. In the 1850s there were no fewer than 10 schools here. †Montpelier Ground. Cricket ground where John Wisden first played was variously known as Lea's Trap, Temple Fields and Lillywhite's, the latter being the name of a prominent Sussex cricketing family. 1-3, 4-6 were built c1855. Grade II listed1. 7-31 were built 1843-1847, designed by Amon Henry Wilds. Grade II* listed2. 17 was a residence of Lt-Gen Sir Noel Birch. 32-33, 34-38 are Grade II listed3. |
Ta1854— 1HE 1380360, 1381361 2HE 1380263 3HE 1380363, 1380364 |
† Montpelier Crescent Mews | This and the following may be the same. | |
† Montpelier Mews | On the west side of Dyke Road, behind Montpelier Crescent. At 52-54 Dyke Road (old numbering). |
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Montpelier Place Montpelier and Clifton Hill conservation area. |
Built mid 1840s. Renumbered as Upper North Street 27 August 19011. The boundary stone at the junction with Boundary Passage is Grade II listed2. ph 7-9, Montpelier Inn, dating from c1830, incorporates three terraced houses, the two more westerly may have been built as a pub by 1850. Following a period of disturbances, culminating in a stabbing in November 2020, its licence was revoked. A planning application to convert it into flats was rejected in December 2022. It is Grade II listed3. Montpelier Place Baptist Church was built in the mid 1960s on the site of the Emmanuel Reformed Episcopal Church in Norfolk Terrace. St Stephen's Church was moved here in 1852 from Palace Place, where it had been the chapel of the Royal Pavilion and previously the ballroom of the Castle Tavern, designed by John Crunden and built in 1766. The 1852 frontage and lantern are by Cheesman; remodelling was by Sir Arthur Blomfield in 1889. It closed in 1970 and after a period as the deaf and dumb church of the Chichester Diocese it became a shelter for the homeless, First Base Day Centre, in 1988, in which year is was restored after being badly damaged by fire. Grade II* listed4. 20-24 were built c1855 and are Grade II lsited5. Leigh House. 1851. West Field House. 1851. |
Fo1832— 1ESRO DB/D/27/172 2HE 1380367 3HE 1380369 4HE 1380368 5HE 1380366 |
Montpelier Road Regency Square conservation area (1, 2, 2a, 3, 4a, 5 & 6 PH, 7-20, 21-24 Christ Church, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, Sillwood Court, Osprey House). Montpelier and Clifton Hill conservation area (35-69, Park Royal Flats, Brighton & Hove High School, 70-99). |
The east side was built 1820s, the west side in the early 1830s. 1826. Several houses are by Amon Henry Wilds (especially nos 53-56). The east side south of Western Road comprised two hotels, the Sillwood Hall Hotel and the Hotel Montpelier, the latter being also the west side of Sillwood Place, now replaced by Osprey House. There were 12 schools here in 1851. The sewer measured 2ft 8in by 2ft and 500 ft long 13. The lower end was renumbered in August 19081; all numbers are consecutive from the south-west corner, reeturning down the east side. WEST SIDE ph 1 was a beerhouse called the West End Tavern as early as 1852. It closed c1921 and is now residential. ph 5-6 was The Oriental [right] from c1867. It was the Angel Bar before it closed in 2012 and was converted into two houses. 9 has an early shopfront. —Here is Sillwood Street. 14-16 date from c1825. Grade II listed9. 17, built c1825, is on the B&H local list. 19, 21-22, 23-24 date from c1825. Grade II listed2. †25-27, Christ Church was designed in gothic revival style and built in 1837-1838 by George Cheesman for Rev H M Wagner and consecrated on 26 April 1838. Serious damage by arsonists on 29 August 1978 led to its demolition in 1982. Sheltered housing now occupies the site. 28-29 are Grade II listed3. Pillar box near the junction with Western Road was made in 1859 by Cochran & Co of Dudley, one of the first National Standard type—a cylindrical form with an octagonal top and no regnal cipher—and is thought now to be the only one in the country still in official use (but see 18 Montpelier Terrace). It is Grade II listed8. —Here is Western Road. 36-42 are Grade II listed4. 44 was the residence from 1834 until his death of the artist Frederick Nash. 48-50, 51-52, 53-56 are Grade II listed5. —Here is Montpelier Place. 58-65 are Grade II listed5. 60 was the final residence of Rev F W Robertson, where he died in 1853. 66 Park Royal is a block of 85 social-housing flats, on the former site of †66 Belvedere House, built in 1840 by Rev H M Wagner for his unmarried sister, Mary Ann. It became the Park Royal hotel c1902. —Here are Temple Gardens (westwards) and Victoria Road (eastwards). Brighton and Hove High School. See Denmark Terrace. Vicarage was occupied by Rev Henry Michell Wagner, vicar of Brighton. EAST SIDE 70-74, built c1840. Grade II listed6. 76-80 are Grade II listed7. —Here is Montpelier Terrace. 90 is Grade II listed11. 91-96 are Grade II listed10. 97 First Church of Christ Scientist was built in 1921 by Clayton & Black. It is on the B&H local list. Montpelier House, a depressingly boring office block, replaced a house of that name. —Here is Western Road. Sillwood Hall is Grade II listed12. Osprey House was built c1970 on the site of a hotel in Sillwood Place. —Here is Sillwood Street. South of here are the rear entrances to houses in Oriental Place until no 135. |
PO1845— 1ESRO DB/D/27/254 2HE 1380371, 1380372, 1380373 3HE 1380374 4HE 1381580 5HE 1380581, 1381582, 1381583 6HE 1381585 7HE 1380586 8HE 1381589 9HE 1380370 10HE 1381588 11HE 1381587 12HE 1381590 13The Builder, 1 Apr 1882:404c |
∫ Montpelier Road East | Former name of Viaduct Road. ph 1, 3, 4 and 6 were all beerhouses in Ta1854 and for a few years before and/or after. |
Ke1846–Pa1872 |
∫ Montpelier Road North | Former name of New England Road. | Fo1859–Pa1871 |
Montpelier Street Montpelier and Clifton Hill conservation area. |
Built mid 1840s. Numbering is sequential from the south-west corner. 1-22 are Grade II listed1 with 1 Victoria Road. 40 is Grade II listed2. Montpelier Street was seen in Wimbledon (2004). |
PO1846— 1HE 1381591 2HE 1381592 |
Montpelier Terrace Montpelier and Clifton Hill conservation area. |
(B2122). Part renumbered as Upper North Street 27 August 19011. Part renumbered 5 September 19012. 1-5 were built in the 1820s with 89 Montpelier Road. 1 was the birthplace of bandleader Ray Noble. Plaque. 8-13 were built at the same time as Montpelier Villas, c1845. Grade II listed3. 9 was the residence of Rev Frederick W Robertson. Plaque. †Montpelier Lodge was built in 1861. It was the residence of Henry Willett until his death and became the Arnold House Hotel in 1929. It was demolished in 1971 to make way for Heather Court apartments, dating from the 1970s, standing on the site of the Arnold House Hotel, whose proprietor was Robert J Heather. 14 are Grade II listed4. 16 are Grade II listed5. 17, Montpelier Hall was designed by Amon Henry Wilds and built in 1846. Its first owner was Henry Smithers, the first mayor of Brighton, several of whose successors later occupied the house, including Sir Joseph Ewart. Now a guest house, it opens for occasional guided tours and is Grade II listed6. 18 has a wall letter box in the gate-post with no regnal insignia. |
PO1845— ESRO DB/D/27/172 2ESRO DB/D/27/167 3HE 1381594 4HE 1379420 5HE 1380087 6HE 1380088 |
Montpelier Villas Montpelier and Clifton Hill conservation area. |
Built by A H Wilds in 1845. The most expensive street in Brighton & Hove in the 2000s. 5-6 are Grade II listed1. 5 was the birthplace of novelist Ada Ellen Bayly (novelist Edna Lyall). 7-8 are Grade II listed2. 9-10, built c1845. 13-14 are Grade II listed3. 15-16 are Grade II listed4. 18 was the residence of the Mrs Hayes who laid the foundation stone of the French Reformed Church in Queensbury Mews. In the 1850s it was owned by John Jervis Tollemache (1805-1890), the largest landowner in Cheshire and an MP for Cheshire constituences 1841-1872, who was created 1st Baron Tollemache in 1876. 20 was the residence of writer and broadcaster Gilbert Harding in the 1950s. |
Fo1832— 1HE 1380091 2HE 1380092 3HE 1380095 4HE 1380096 |
Montreal Road | One of three adjacent streets built in the late 1860s and named after places in Canada, newly created a Dominion in 1867 (see also Quebec Street, Toronto Terrace). | Pa1867— |
Monument View | Cul-de-sac of eight pairs of two-storey semi-detached houses off The Causeway. Not obvious which monument, unless it's the transmitter mast by the race course. | |
† Moon's Court | In the Old Town, adjacent to Brighton Place. Also called Moon Court and School Lane |
Census1871 |
Morecambe Road, Patcham | Morecambe is a seaside resort in Lancashire but the association is not apparent. Numbered 25 July 19351. | Ke1934— 1ESRO DB/D/27/13 |
Morley Street | Created c.1960 when Sussex Street, which used to run down to Grand Parade, was cut off below the Lion & Unicorn pub. The School Clinic, opened 1938, was hit by a war-time bomb, killing three children. Brighton Chest Clinic was across Ivory Place 1939-1989, next to Sussex Street County Primary School, later Welfare Centre. †Grand Parade Chapel was on the south-west corner, built 1835 to a design by George Cheesman and demolished in 1938. |
Ke1969— |
Mornington Crescent, Hove | Hanger Lane. Cockfosters. (Don't you dare, Max Miller!) This is a straight road, not a crescent. | Ke1932— |
Mornington Mansions, Hove | In New Church Road. Designed by E Cottio for Mornington Estates Ltd |
Ke1936— |
Mortimer Mews | At 13 Mortimer Road. | |
Mortimer Road | A footpath at the north-west corner leads to Aldrington Station and under the railway to Amherst Crescent. | To1899— |
Moulsecoomb | 'Mul's valley' [OE Mules cumb]. The spelling has been variable (Moulse Comb, Moulse Combe, Moulescombe, etc); in Domesday Book is Mulescumba. Until development began, this was a hamlet in the parish of Patcham. South Moulsecoomb housing estate, built on 93 acres of land bought in November 1920 from the Tillstone family for resettlement of residents of Carlton Hill area slums, was nationally noticed as a garden suburb. It was overseen by Stanley Adshead, professor of town planning at University College, London, working with four local architects. Most of the 478 houses were built between April 1920 and October 1921. Both the high rents and the cost of travel into Brighton frustrated the planners' original intentions. North Moulsecoomb, an estate of 390 houses, was built in 1926-1930, East Moulsecoomb in the 1930s on a 300-acre estate bought by Brighton Corporation in 1935. The area developed a reputation for social problems from the 1960s onwards, as did Whitehawk, built in a similar style at around the same time. The Whitehawk estate was redesigned in the 1970s, Moulsecoomb was not. |
Plan (1920) |
Moulsecoomb Place | Originally the residence of the [Rogers-]Tillstone family. Adjacent to Lewes Road, it became the headquarters of the Brighton Parks and Gardens Department, Moulsecoomb Library and other local authority offices and social clubs from 1927, then a site of Brighton Polytechnic, now the University of Brighton. See also Moulsecoomb and Moulsecoomb Wild Park. | |
Moulsecoomb Villas | in Lewes Road. No properties listed in Pi1928. | Pi1928–Ke1958 |
Moulsecoomb Way |
Beacon Bingo is on the site of the Salvation Army's Goodwill Centre (c1936-1956), which as replaced by an Allen West engineering factory and then by the Fairway Retail Park. St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, a surprisingly domestic-looking building, was originally a chapel of ease (ie, overflow) for the Anglican St Andrew's Church in Colbourne Avenue. It was acquired by the Roman Catholic Church in 1953. |
Ke1947— |
Moulsecoomb Wild Park | Purchased with Moulsecoomb Place by the borough council for £30,900 in 1927. At the top of the park is Hollingbury Castle. | |
Mount Drive, Saltdean | formerly known as Saltdean Drive North. Renamed and renumbered 29 December 19521. | Ke1966— 1ESRO DB/D/27/307 |
Mount Pleasant | First developed c.1800 and demolished in 1935 as part of the clearance of the worst slums in the area. Park Place was also demolished and the street widened. The east side was built before the outbreak of war but the west side was not completed until the 1960s. Numbered 29 November 19381. St John's Mount see Thames Close. |
Marchant map 1809 PO1845— 1ESRO DB/D/27/51 |
† Mount Street | From 62 St James's Street to Edward Street. Built after 1776; nine houses by 1795. Lost in the Somerset Street Comprehensive Development scheme in 1967. †Rock Brewery See 61 St James's Street. †Elliott Memorial (St Mary's) School was built in 1873 and ended as junior mixed before demolition in the late 1960s. †Mount Street Cottage 1851. |
Ke1845–Ke1973 |
Mount Zion Place Montpelier and Clifton Hill conservation area. |
Unique as a street name in the United Kingdom. As Mount Zion is just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, so this place was just outside the walls of the Church of St Nicholas of Myra and of the town of Brighton. Once between Church Street and North Gardens, now truncated to and comprising one property with a footpath to Centurion Road. 2 (Shelleys) was built in 1821 for William Shelley, beadle of the Church of St Nicholas of Myra. Grade II listed1. ph †23-24, True Blue was a beerhouse opened by 1845, surving until c1926. 33, let at £19 10s a year, sold for£255 in 1872; the adjoinign Mout Zion Cottage and workshop, with an extimated rental value of £20 16s a year, sold for £2002. |
[1826] Ke1845— 1HE 1380099 2The Builder, 9 Nov 1872:894 |
Mountfields, Hollingdean | Ke1954— | |
Moyne Close, Hove | The Guinness Trust Estate. | |
Mulberry Close | Cul-de-sac off Draxmont Way. Numbered 27 November 19721. | Ke1966— 1.ESRO DB/D/27 436 |
† Mulberry Square | Formerly between King Street and New Road, roughly where Bond Street Cottages are now. Tree-related name, mulberries being common trees in old towns. | Co1799–Fo1864 |
† Myrtle Cottages, Portslade | Census1881; Pa1892–To1898 | |
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