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The Paddock, Hove BN3 6LT	Cul-de-sac off The Droveway.	Ke1972—
Paddock Field BN1 9SF	University of Brighton halls of residence
Palace Place BN1 1EF Valley Gardens conservation area.	Molesworth House to no 5. 5 is Grade II listed with 12-14 Pavilion Buildings¹. Castle Inn was designed by John Crunden in 1766. In 1822 the ballroom was converted into a royal chapel when George IV boycotted the Chapel Royal in Prince's Place after a sermon about immorality caused him offence. The chapel was moved to Montpelier Place in 1851. Pressley's. Grade II listed².	Ta1854— ¹HE 1380709 ²HE 1380692
PALMEIRA	Baron Palmeira was Sir Isaac Goldsmid, the name assumed on having the Knighthood of the Tower and Sword of Portugal bestowed on him, after a small Portuguese estate attached to the title.
Palmeira Avenue, Hove BN3 3GA, 3GB, 3GD, 3GE, 3GH Brunswick Town conservation area.	'Houses building' in Pa1883. 12 indentures of 1880 and 1884, deeds of covenant March 1902¹. 13-21 (odd) are on the B&H local list. 13 was the residence of the cricketer Sir Jack Hobbs. Plaque. An archaeological find in 1857 (during construction?) included an amber cup from the Bronze Age, a stone axe and bronze dagger among other items². 14-22 (even) are on the B&H local list. 14 was the residence of the suffragette and women's rights campaigner Victoria Lidiard. Marked by a Borough of Hove plaque that was unveiled in 1996 by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd. 34 is BT Telephone Exchange. 43, Brighton and Hove New [Reform] Synagogue, designed by Derek Sharp FRIBA and opened on 10 September 1967, is 'dedicated to the glory of God and to the memory of 6 million Jews who perished in Nazi concentration camps, in honour of the dead, an inspiration to the living.' It was added to the B&H local list in 2015 but planning approval for demolition was granted August 2017.	[1881] Pa1883— ¹ESRO amsgg/AMS6621/3/8 ²Arscott (2002), quoting unidentified newspaper report (1972)
Palmeira Mansions BN3 2FA Brunswick Town conservation area.	See 9-15 and 25-33 Church Road, Hove.
∫ Palmeira Mews, Hove	Goldsmid/Wick estate. Designed in 1869 by Goulty & Gibbins for George Vaughan¹. Renamed St John's Road in c1909.	Pa1893– ¹The Building News, 1969-05-14:447
Palmeira Place, Hove BN3 3EQ Willett Estate conservation area.	Goodwood Court.	Pi1909—
Palmeira Square, Hove BN3 2JA, 2JB, 2JN, 2JP Brunswick Town conservation area.	'Arranged for building' in Fo1850. A bronze-age barrow, carbon-dated to 1239 BC, was unearthed at the northern end during development, which included the Hove amber cup, now in Hove Museum. The whole square, including Palmeira Court, is Grade II listed¹. 1-17 are Grade II listed ¹. 8 Palmeira Court was the residence towards the end of his life of Admiral Sir Percy Grant. 9 Palmeira Court was the residence towards the end of his life of Admiral Henry Blackett. 16 was the office of the Wick Estate, which administered the lettings of properties in the square and in Adelaide Crescent. 18-30 are Grade II listed ². 28 was a residence and the deathplace in 1886 of Field Marshall Sir Richard James Dacres. Palmeira Square Gardens were laid out by 1870. They are on the B&H local list. Gwydyr Mansions see Holland Road.	Fo1850— ¹HE 1398646 ²HE 1187581
Pankhurst Avenue BN2 9AD, 9YN, 9YP	Originally known as Chalk Lane¹. Inter-war-years social housing development (well-established by 1925) at the rear of Brighton General Hospital, although the road had been laid out at the beginning of the century with the name Queen's Park Avenue. The Pankhurst family owned land and property in the area, including the site of the former Southdown Motor Services bus garage in Freshfield Road. An air vent for the Kemp Town railway tunnel is set in the ground at the south-western end. Nurses home for Brighton Municipal Hosptal (see Elm Grove) opened in December 1929. Covered reservoir on the north side at the western end has a capacity of 500,000 gallons.	Pi1925— ¹OS 1896-97 revision.
† Paradise Cottages	At 124 Edward Street. Small tenements. No thoroughfare.	Pa1882–Pi1888
† Paradise Cottages	At 25 Upper Bedford Street. Small houses.	[1851] Ta1854–Fo1864
† Paradise Piece	Now vanished part of the Carlton Hill area slums. Pinkie in Graham Greene's Brighton Rock came from here.
† Paradise Row	From 33 Upper Bedford Street to 14 Paradise Street.	Ba1822–Fo1864
† Paradise Street	From 23 Upper Bedford Street to 33 Lavender Street.	Fo1850–Pi1926
Parham Close BN2 0FD	Post-war development named after Sussex village. No properties listed in Ke1954.	Ke1954—
Park, The, Rottingdean BN2 7GQ	Under construction 1933¹. Numbered 9 March 1948².	Ke1947— ¹Aerial image ² ESRO DB/D/27/280
Park Avenue, Hove BN3 5RF	Two-storey detached and mainly semi-detached houses, built 1931.	Ke1947—
Park Close, Coldean BN1 9AJ	No properties listed in Ke1947. 21 (?) was built in 1956 for the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (Mormon). It closed in 1993 when the new Mormon church opened in Lewes Road and is now a private residence.	Ke1949—
Park Close, Hangleton BN3 8PD	Cul-de-sac off Lark Hill.	Ke1947—
Park Close, Portslade BN41 2BL	Inter-war years housing. Leads to Easthill Park.	Ke1947—
† Park Cottages	Cul-de-sac of small tenements 'near the park' off Park Street. Numbered in Park Street by 1880. This became the western end of Freshfield Place.	[1836] Fo1850–Pa1877
Park Crescent, Brighton BN2 3HA, 3HB Valley Gardens conservation area.	The land was previously a cricket ground, known as the Prince of Wales Ground when it was donated c1791 by the Brighton Cricket Club's patron, the future king. No matches were played here after September 1792 and the land was later sold for housing development. The crescent was designed by Amon Henry Wilds in 1829 around a park but building began only in 1849 and continued over several years. 'Houses now building" in Fo1850. (See also Union Road.) 1-16 are Grade II* listed¹. 17-24 are Grade II* listed². 24-26 were destroyed by bombing in 1942; 24 and 26 were rebuilt in 1983. 33-48 are Grade II* listed³. 44 was the residence of dancer Violette Kaye, who was murdered in her basement flat in one of the Brighton trunk murders of 1933 (see also Kemp Street). Fuchsia Cottage 1851.	Fo1850— ¹HE 1380694 ²HE 1380697 ²HE 1380698
Park Crescent, Portslade BN41 1SR	Cul-de-sac off Wolsleley Road.	To1902—
Park Crescent, Rottingdean BN2 7HN, 7JB	Numbered December 1935¹.	Ke1947— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/252 (2 plans)
Park Crescent Place BN2 3HF, 3HG	Devonian Court is a red-brick three-storey apartment block built in the 1930s on the site of the Fryco aerated water works, which in turn had replaced the Gaiety Theatre. 6-7 is on the site of the Arcadia Cinema.	Pa1872— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/252 (2 plans)
Park Crescent Road BN2 3HS, 3HT	Renamed and renumbered 4 October 1883¹. Part renamed as Park Crescent Terrace 18 October 1883².	Pa1871— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/253, DB/D/46/297 ²ESRO DB/D/27/187
Park Crescent Terrace BN2 3HD, 3HE, 3JD, 3JE, 3JF	'Other houses unoccupied' in Pa1871. Part of Park Crescent Road renamed and renumbered 18 October 1883¹. 1-6 is the Salvation Army building, opened in 2000, replacing a citadel that was designed by E J Hamilton and opened in 1883. ph 39, The Park Crescent was opened by Tamplins and dates from c1869.	[1861] Fo1864— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/187
Park Gate, Hove	See Somerhill Road.
† Park Gate, Preston		[1881]
Park Hill BN2 0BT Queens Park conservation area.	ph †1, Spa Inn opened in 1878 and closed in 1901. Park Hill Evangelical Church was built in 1894 as St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, designed by Herbert Buckwell. It took its current name in 1943. Royal Spa opened in 1825 as the German Spa to a design by Lorraine for Dr F A Struve and was named in honour of its patron Queen Adelaide in 1835. The pump room was closed in the 1850s but continued for bottling water until 1965 and was demolished in the early 1970s. A nursery school by T R Williams was built on the site in 1978, following a local residents' campaign against a planned casino. It was gutted by arson December 1985, reconstructed and re-opened in 1987. It is Grade II listed¹.	Pa1878— ¹HE 1380699
† Park Place	A narrow alley of small tenements behind the east side of Mount Pleasant built around 1800 but removed in slum clearance in 1935 to allow widening of Mount Pleasant. Renumbered 20 April 1881¹. ph †33, Red Lion	Ke1845— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/189
Park Rise, Hangleton BN3 8PG		Ke1947—
Park Road, Coldean BN1 9AA, 9AB	Laid out between Moulescoomb Wild Park and Coldean Wood/Stanmer Park. Thirty five-room semi-detached houses built in 1938, most with garages to the rear, were the first development in the Coldean area.	Ke1938—
Park Road, Rottingdean BN2 7HL, 7JD Rottingdean conservation area.	Numbered December 1935¹. Village Hall was built in 1935. It is on the B&H local list.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/252
∫ Park Road East	Original name for Freshfield Road. Renumbered 20 April 1881¹. †ph 9, Railway Inn, near Kemp Town Railway Station, opened c1869 and closed in 1935.	Pa1869–Pa1887 ¹ESRO DB/D/27/181
Park Road Terrace BN2 0GT, 0HB	†ph Red Lion Inn was built in the 1860s, demolished and rebuilt in 1965/66, partially rebuilt and converted to four houses called Parkview in the 2000s.	Pa1883—
∫ Park Road West	Original name for Queen's Park Road. 'Other houses building' in Pa1873.	Pa1871–Pa1887
∫ Park Road to Race Hill	Name used in census; renamed Park Road West, then Queen's Park Road.	Census1851
Park Street BN2 0DE, 0DE, 0DJ Queens Park conservation area.	The Park Street Gate is Grade II listed¹ as are three lampposts outside nos 21 and 29 and at the corner of Eastern Road². Queen's Park Primary School was designed by Thomas Simpson for the Brighton & Preston School Board. The tender for consturction was won by Stimpson at a cost of £7,630 for the main building an £230 for extra finishings³. It is on the B&H local list. Leach Court is a group of three seven-storey Brighton council blocks, each of 36 flats, built 1969-1971 by Rice. Sloane Court takes its name from the adjacent Sloane Street. It is built on the site of †Corporation Jubilee Baths. Leach Court. See Eastern Road.	Ke1845— ¹HE 1380703 ²HE 1380700, 1380701, 1380702 ³The Builder, 22 Dec 1888:459
Park View Road, Hove BN3 7AW, 7BF	'No houses' in Pi1928-1929.	Pi1928—
Park View Terrace BN1 5PW	The northwards continuation of Stanford Avenue with separate consecutive numbering (1-9). All houses were designed by A C Udny for Cook². Numbered from construction but officially 6 October 1892¹.	Pa1884— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/231 ²ESRO DB/D/7/1958 (5 Jan 1881), 1993 (6 Apr 1881)
Park View Villas	In Old Shoreham Road.	To1899–To1903 (but ref to Old Shoreham Road until 1928)
Parkmore Terrace, Preston BN1 6AL	Cul-de-sac on the south side of and parallel to Dyke Road Drive, built above a high retaining wall that continues along the west side of Dyke Road Drive to accommodate the steep slope.	Pa1881—
The Parks, Portslade BN41 2JF	Steeply rising cul-de-sac off Sheppard Way.
Parkside estate, Coldean	Planned by Brighton Corporation after the Second World War¹, when Coldean was still in the Chailey Rural District and not within the borough—that happened in 1951. For speed and cheapness, housing was initially in pre-fabricated (prefab) form [right]. Image: Pre-fab construction on the estate in 1946 [Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust]	¹Plan ESRO DB/D/84/11/8166 (5 Feb 1946)
Parochial Mews BN2 1WF	Gated terrace of four houses off Prince's Street built 2000.
Parochial Terrace BN2 1WH	Terrace of eight cottages at the south-west side of Steine Gardens.
Paston Place, Kemp Town BN2 1HA, 1HR East Cliff conservation area.	Three properties listed 'and other houses building' in Pa1871. 1 was the residence of popular novelist William Black 1879 to 1898. ph The Bristol Bar opened as the Shades of the Bristol Hotel c1839. It was refurbished by Denman & Son in 1934. Since c2012 the name over the door has been The Bristol Arms, but that seems to be ignored. 9-17 were designed by John Hill in 1871⁴. Royal Gymnasium, also called St George's Hall, was built in 1864 by Frederick Mahomed when he moved the business from the Waggon and Horses in Church Street. Grade II listed¹. Sassoon Mausoleum (see also St George's Road) was built 1892 for Sir Albert Sassoon (see 1 Eastern Terrace); his body and that of his son Sir Edward Sassoon (d 1912) were removed in 1933. The building was an air-raid shelter in World War II and added to the Hanbury Arms in 1953. Grade II listed². BLEECO lamppost beside 1 Eastern Terrace is Grade II listed³.	Pa1871— ¹HE 1380705 ²HE 1380706 ³HE 1380704 ⁴ESRO DB/D/7/1078 (18 Apr 1871)
PATCHAM	'Pecca's settlement' (OE Peccan ham). [An alternative derivation is from patsham, OE for a haunch, from the shape of the hill to the west of the settlement.] An ancient manor and parish, mentioned in Domesday Book. In the reign of Edward the Confessor the substantial estate was said to have been owned by the ill-fated Harold Godwinson, who succeeded Edward as Saxon King of England in 1066. The manor, centred on Patcham Court Farm, was owned by the Nevill family from 1439 until its acquisition by Brighton Corporation in December 1925. The other manors in the parish were Moulescoomb, Patcham Court, Patcham Place and Withdean Kayliffe. Farm names: Elm, Holm, Patcham Court, Low Tong Dean, Roedale, Tongdean, Upper Roedale, Upper Varndean, Varndean, Water Hall. Formerly part of Steyning East Rural District, a small part of the parish was absorbed into the County Borough of Brighton in 1923 and a much larger part in 1928 under the Brighton Corporation Act 1927.
Patcham	Conservation area, designated 1970 and extended in 1972, 1992 and 2010, comprising 16.21ha (40.05 acres). An Article 4(1) Direction was added to this area in 2012, requiring planning approvalfor most alterations to any property.	Character statement Map
Patcham Court	One of the manors making up the Patcham parish. Patcham Court Farm (733 acres) was owned by the Marquesses of Abergavenney from 1439 until it was bought by Brighton Corporation in December 1925; 275 acres of the farm are now designated as public access land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
Patcham Place BN1 8YD		[1881]
† Patchamcourt Road, Patcham	Renamed thus 23 January 1936¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/11
Patchdean, Patcham BN1 8LZ, 8NG	Named 1 July 1928¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/270
† Patching's Buildings	Patching: local building firm. In 1854 no fewer than four Patchings included paper-hanging among the trades on offer¹.	[1826] ¹Ta1854: 286-287
Patchway	One of the manors that comprised the parish of Falmer. (Pecca's way?) .
∫ Patriot Place	Former name of Tilbury Place. 1 was the residnece of Edward Tilbury.	Ke1846–Fo1861; Census1851
Pavilion Buildings BN2 1DP, 1EE Valley Gardens conservation area.	'The New Houses forming part of Castle-square, opposite East Street, where The Lobby entrance to the Palace formerly stood'⁵, including Carlisle House. Indian Memorial Gate at the south entrance to the Pavilion grounds, was given to the town in 1921 by the government of India 'in commemoration of her sons who, stricken in the Great War, were tended in the Pavilion in 1914 and 1915'. (See also The Chattri off the A27.) It was opened on 26 October 1921 by the Maharajah of Patiala. The structure, walls and wooden gates are Grade II listed¹. †2 was the Brighton Athenaeum and Young Men's Literary Union, founded in 1846. 2-3 was designed for Brighton and Hove Herald by John Leopold Denman and built in 1932. The relief carvings are by Joseph Cribb. The building was later taken over by Royal Insurance and is currently a bar/restaurant. It is on the B&H local list. 4-7 built 1852-53 as terraced houses, now shops and offices. Grade II listed². 8-11 National Westminster Bank was built 1911 (see 155-158 North Street). Grade II listed³. 12-14 are Grade II listed with 5 Palace Place⁴.	Fo1852— ¹HE 1380710 ²HE 1380707 ³HE 1380708 ⁴HE 1380709 ⁵Fo1852
† Pavilion Colonnade	Corner of Grand Parade and Edward Street. Number of properties in 1822-1852: 2. 2 was the residence from 1845 until his death in 1850 of Sir Martin A Shee.	Ba1822–Fo1852
Pavilion Mews BN1 1GX	Between 113 and 114 Church Street. Now gated.	[1861]
Pavilion Parade BN2 1RA Valley Gardens conservation area.	Pre 1799. 3-4 were built c1800. Grade II listed¹. 3 was the residence and consulting rooms of Sir Matthew Tierney, who died here on 28 October 1845. 5 was built late 18th century but with a new front by Wilds and Busby c1822-1830. Grade II listed³. 6-11 are Grade II listed⁴..	Ba1822— ¹HE 1380711 ²ODNB ³HE 1380712 ⁴HE 1380713 ⁵HE 1380680
Pavilion Street Valley Gardens conservation area.	The southern end was formerly called Blue & Buff (1799). ph 4, The Marlborough, on the corner of Prince's Street (the address has switched between the two, despite the location of the entrance), was built in 1787 as The Golden Cross Inn. It was known as the Marlborough Hotel for many years. The proprietor in the 1820s was James Ireland, who opened Ireland's Pleasure Gardens in 1823. A pub theatre is upstairs.	Fo1848—
Payne Avenue, Hove BN3 5HB, 5HD, 5JD	The land was acquired (after this and four other adjacent road were already laid out in plan), from William Stoneham and Rev George William Kendall on 30 July 1900 by George Payne of Brighton and Edgar Payne of Bayswater, London for £11,345¹. ph 18, The George Payne was built as the Kendal Arms, designed by T H Scutt and opened in 1901 by Smithers brewery. 40 was built in 1906 as a chapel of the Society of Dependents (Cokelers), a strongly pacifist sect, associated with the Primitive Methodists and within the Arminian tradition. The chapel, also known as the Christian Meeting Room, closed in 1978 and is now a private residence.	To1903— ¹ESRO AMS5976/1
Payne['s] Terrrace	See Roedale Road.
Peacock Lane BN1 6WA	was a drove road, known as Drove Road, The Droveway, The Drove, Hampton's Lane and Withdean Drove. Renamed 27 July 1933 and 9 November 1933¹. Numbered 14 November 1950². Home Farm House see London Road (North).	Ke1934— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/25 ²ESRO DB/D/27/292
† Peel Place	From York Road to 1 Peel Street. Sir Robert Peel, prime minister in 1834-1835 and from 1841 to 1846, died in 1850 and is widely commemorated. His younger brother, Laurence Peel, lived and died in Brighton. 'Houses coming down' in Pi1905. ph †1, Bedford Arms opened in the late 1850s and closed c1895.	[1851] Fo1864–Pi1905
Peel Road, Black Rock BN2 5ND	Numbered 8 December 1932¹.	Ke1935— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/35
† Peel Street	From Peel Place to 25 Ann Street, opposite the Station Works. 'Houses coming down' in Pi1905. ph †1a was The North Star from c1854 to 1879.	Ta1854–Pi1905
∫ Peel Terrace	Former name of Dyke Road between Seven Dials and Russell Crescent, renumbered as Dyke Road from 1872 . 7, Beresford Lodge 1851. St Alban's Lodge 1851.	Ta1854–Pa1871
Pelham Square BN1 4ET North Laine conservation area.	Pelham is the family name of the Earls of Chichester (see Stanmer Park). The west side, originally Pelham Terrace, was built in 1856 and named after Lord Pelham of Stanmer (Walter John Pelham, future 4th Earl of Chichester), a Liberal politician; his widow was patron of the Lady Chichester Hospital (see New Church Road). 'Small private houses now building' in Fo1859. The south side (also called Pelham Terrace) and east side were added c.1859-1860. Partly renumbered 7 April 1892¹. The two K6 type telephone kiosks on the north side are Grade II listed². Pillar box adjacent to the kiosks bears the VR royal cipher. 1-7 date from c1860 and are Grade II listed³. 8-12 date from c1845 and are Grade II listed⁴. 15-24 date from c1845 and are Grade II listed⁵. 25 is Grade II listed with 11-12 Trafalgar Street⁶.	Fo1859— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/225 ²HE 1380718 ³HE 1380715 ⁴HE 1380716 ⁵HE 1380717 ⁶HE 1381034
Pelham Street BN1 4FA North Laine conservation area.	Formerly known as St George's Street, the southern part was built in the 1820s, extended northwards in the mid 1840s. Properties on west side of the street, deemed unfit for habitation, were compulsorily purchased by Brighton Corporation, following a Ministry of Housing enquiry in 1959. The street was demolished after 1962 as part of the clearance of the area, to make way for . . . Brighton Metropolitan College opened as Brighton Technical College in January 1971. It was later called City College. †Board School for boys, girls and infants was designed by Thomas Simpson, architect for the Brighton & Preston School Board in 1875¹ and opened on the east side c1879. This became the Pelham Street County Secondary Girls School and County Primary (infants). The infants building became part of the Technical College in the early 1960s and the girls' school was renamed the Margaret Hardy County Secondary School towards the end of the decade but was also absorbed into the City College by 1970. They were demolished in 2022.	Fo1848— ¹ESRO DB/D/7/1308 (23 Sep 1875)
∫ Pelham Terrace	Former name for the south and west sides of Pelham Square.	Ta1854–Fo1859
† Pelham Terrace	On the east side of Lewes Road between Natal Road and Coombe Road. Named and numbered 5 February 1959¹. The last houses (2-4)—a Costcutter supermarket (former Co-op)—were demolished early in 2019. ph †5, The Lectern opened as The Royal Hussar in 1878. It was demolished in 2019 and replaced by Student Castle residential block. ph †8, The Ship Inn opened in 1878. It was demolished in 2019 and replaced by the Regency Halls of Residence.	Pa1890–Pi1928 ¹ESRO DB/D/27/368
Pembroke and Princes	Conservation area, designated 1989, comprising 22.15ha (54.74 acres).	Character statement Map
Pembroke Avenue, Hove BN3 5DA, 5DB Pembroke and Princes conservation area.	The Vallance family, who developed much of this area, claimed descent from the Earls of Pembroke (see also Aymer Road).	To1898—
Pembroke Crescent, Hove BN3 5DE, 5DF, 5DG, 5DH Pembroke and Princes conservation area.	The even-numbered houses were designated the Inner Circle, the off-numbered the Outer Circle. It was being built c1899. Redcliff was the childhood residence of the film star Edna Best.	To1898—
Pembroke Gardens, Hove BN1 5DY Pembroke and Princes conservation area.	No propertie listed until Ke1924	Pi1916—
Penhurst Place, Whitehawk BN2 5LT	Cul-de-sac off Nuthurst Place. Numbered 3 August 1983¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/445
† Pentecost Buildings		Census1851
† Pentecost Court		[1826]
† Pepper Alley	The only reference, suggesting this was close to East Street, is in Charles Wright's Brighton Ambulator (1818).	[1818]
Percival Terrace, Marine Parade BN2 1FA, 1FP East Cliff conservation area.	Built by Cheesman (Sr and Jr) in the 1845-50 on land bought from Thomas Cubitt by William Percival Boxall—whence the name. 1-8 are Grade II listed¹. 2 was the residence in 1851 of the developer William Percival Boxall of Belle Vue Hall. 3-4 were occupied by the architect and writer Sir James Knowles (1831-1908) from 1903 until his death on 13 February 1908. His wife remained here until her death in 1916. Brighton Council slate plaque. 5 was the final residence of Herbert Spencer, the liberal philosopher, who died here on 8 December 1903. Badly worn Brighton Corporation plaque (probably erected late 1920s). 6 was first occupied by Sir William Knighton, only son of Sir William Knighton (1776-1836), Keeper of the Privy Purse to George IV.	Fo1848— ¹HE 1380719
Perry Hill, Saltdean BN2 8FT	Numbered 4 June 1959¹.	Ke1966— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/369
† Peter Street	Turning out of Cheapside on the right from the London Road. Renamed St Peter's Street.	Ke1848–Fo1856
† Petersfield Terrace, Portslade	A short-lived Roman Catholic mass centre was opened in 1885.	[1881]
Pett Close, Whitehawk BN2 5HS	Cul-de-sac off Plaistow Close. Numbered 12 January 1990¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/446
† Petty France	North of North Street but never listed in street directories. A few properties, mainly occupied by fishermen. Removed for the creation of Queen's Road.	[1826] Census1841
Petworth Road, Hollingbury BN1 8LQ	The road is constructed of concrete slabs, said to have been laid by German prisoners-of-war. Petworth is a town in West Sussex.	Ke1949—
Pevensey Road BN2 3AG	Pevensey is a village, castle and Bay in East Sussex.	Pa1869—
† Phoenix Mews	Name briefly used¹ for a yard associated with livery stable and forge of J Nye & Co, otherwise known as Phoenix Yard, off Castle Street.	¹Ke1920
Phoenix Place BN2 9ND Valley Gardens conservation area.	Formerly known as Waterloo Street North. Phoenix Brewery Office. Tamplin the brewers moved here after a fire destroyed its brewery in Southwick in 1821—hence the name Phoenix. The red-brick office block was built in 1893 and is Grade II listed¹.	Po1902— ¹HE 1380720
Phoenix Rise BN2 9WR	On the former Phoenix Brewery site.
Picton Street BN2 3AP	Numbered 15 September 1880¹. No thoroughfare. All houses were designed by Samuel Denman².	Pa1880— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/198 ²ESRO DB/D/1595 (1 Sep 1878)
Pierre Close, Portslade BN41 2GA	Pedestrian lane with four three-bedroom council houses on a former garage site between Easthill Drive and Foredown Road, completed December 2016.
† Pilgrims Cottages	Part of Leicester Street.	Pi1897–Ke1958
Piltdown Road, Whitehawk BN2 5LE	Piltdown is a cluster of hamlets near Uckfield in Sussex. The road was numbered 3 August 1982 and 18 August 1982¹.	¹DB/D/27/445
∫ Pimlico	The early name for the area of Tichborne Street, built in the 1790s on land owned by a Mr Pimm. Number of properties in 1822: 69. 1851 has 'Pimlico or Thomas Street'. †50 was the Pilot Inn from 1839 to 1858.	Ba1822–Pa1871
†Pim(m)'s Gardens	Also spelt Pym's Gardens. At 32 North Lane [Road]. A narrow twitten of small tenements between Orange Row and Tichborne Street. Small tenements. No properties listed in Pa1872-1873.	[1826-1851] Fo1856–Pa1873
Pinfold Close, Woodingdean BN2 6WG	Cul-de-sac of bungalows off Selhurst Road. Pinfold is the name of a family that owned extensive estates in Sussex, including the Cissbury estate.
Pipers Close, Hangleton BN3 8FG	Cul-de-sac of detached dormer bungalows off Hangleton Valley Road.
Plaistow Close, Whitehawk BN2 5HR	Cul-de-sac off Wiston Road South. It was numbered 12 January 1990¹.	¹DB/D/27/446
Plateau Square	Part of the New England Quarter development.
Playden Close, Whitehawk BN2 5GH	Angular cul-de-sac off Manor Place. Numbering was confirmed 11 June 1980¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/445
Plumpton Road BN2 9YL	Inter-war years pebbledash council housing development named after local Sussex villages (cf, Firle Road). 18-20 are a back development of two three-bedroom houses by Bunker Housing Co-operative, a self-build housing group, built for rent on a derelict council-leased former garage site behind no 16, completed spring 2020. [Image: under construction, source: Google]	Pi1925—
Plymouth Avenue, Lower Bevendean BN2 4JA, 4JB	Built around a wide sloping green, the south side was constructed in 1948 as the first post-war self-build project in the country, organised by A L Yerbury, comprising 20 three-bedroom houses costing £1,000 each. The north side was developed c1953-1955. Numbered 1 March 1952¹.	Ke1951— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/355
Poets' Corner	Area in Hove west of Sackville Road where streets are named after English, mainly Romantic poets: Byron, Coleridge, Cowper, Shakespeare, Shelley, Sheridan, Wordsworth. (Was this an estate agents' invention?) Immediately to the south-west are roads named after painters. Many of the houses were designed by local architect Thomas Lainson. A plan from late 1952 to develop the whole of this and adjacent areas with 'modern' tower blocks never went beyond the area around Ellen Street¹.	¹Arscott (2002): 103
Poets Mews	Gated development of four three-storey town houses, built in 2022 and accessed through an archway at 81 Shirley Street.
† Pool	was a low-lying area at the southern end of the Steine (cf Pool Valley).
† Pool Lane	Improvements were made by Amon Henry Wilds in 1827¹ and Allen Anscombe (1840)².	Co1799–Ba1822 ¹ESRO DB/D/52/48-50 ²ESRO DB/D/52/51-53
Pool Passage BN1 1NN	Twitten between 8 and 9 Pool Valley to 48 Old Steine. Gates were installed at either end in January 2023 to preent anti-social behaviours.	Ke1932—
Pool Valley BN1 1NJ Valley Gardens conservation area.	Improvements were made by Amon Henry Wilds in 1827¹ and Allen Anscombe (1840)². 9 was built 1794, faced with mathematical tiles. Formerly a shop, now a residence (??). Grade II* listed³ with the light standard to the rear. Duke of Wellington PH 1851. Royal Baths. 1851.	Br1845— ¹ESRO DB/D/52/48-50 ²ESRO DB/D/52/51-53 ³HE 1380721
Pope's Folly, Preston (Hollingdean) BN2 4AN	At 2 Hollingdean Road. Built c1881 by Mr Pope. Covered reservoir probably dates from the late 1860s. Old Waterworks Allotments were established here at the beginning of the 20th century. Retreat, The. 1881.	Pa1882—
∫ Popham Road	Name for the section of Tongdean Road between Dyke Road Avenue and Tongdean Avenue prior to housing development.¹ Derivation uncertain but could be named after James Kidwell Popham.	To1898–Pi1909 map ¹Withdean Estate Plan.
Poplar Avenue, Hove BN3 8PJ, 8PS, 8PT, 8PU, 8PX, 8PY	The line of the road was determined by the presence of the Dyke railway branch line, which ran to the west of the road.	Ke1938—
Poplar Close, Hangleton BN3 8PW	Cul-de-sac off Northease Drive.	Ke1968—
Poplar Close, Preston BN1 6PR	Cul-de-sac off SurrendenRoad.	Ke1964—
Poplar Place	Former (popular) name for Meeting House Lane [but both names occur in the 1826 Ratebook] because of a row of six poplar trees, cut down in 1872 but the identity is retained in a (damaged) tile-in-iron-frame street name. 12 Clarence Yard was off here.	Census1851; Pa1875:mdash;
∫ Poplar Row	Alternative name for Poplar Place.	Co1799
PORT HALL	Area to the east of Dyke Road, north of Old Shoreham Road, takes its name from Port Hall (116 Dyke Road). It is believed to have been the site of a Saxon burial ground.
Port Hall Avenue BN1 5PL	Milligan House was built as the Port Hall Hotel PH in 1881, designed by A C Udney for Tamplin's brewery. An extension designed by Frank Tasker was added in 1887¹. It ceased to be a PH c1973 and was converted to residential use, then was a plumbers' merchants until 2017 and is currently a yoga studio. It is on the B&H local list.	Pa1883— ¹ESRO DB/D/7/2495 (18 Aug 1887)
Port Hall Close
Port Hall Mews BN1 5PB	At the rear of 172-178 Dyke Road, where Port Hall Mill (also known as Cuttress's Mill) stood from 1795 or earlier until 1887. The yard was later used as a laundry and then for a garage¹.	Ke1930— ¹James Gray
Port Hall Place BN1 5PN	All houses were. 'Building' in 1883. Numbered 30 October 1884¹. 9-37 (odd) were designed by A C Udney for John Blaker². 4-34 (even) were designed by A C Udney for John Blaker³	Pa1883— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/220 ²ESRO DB/D/2008 (4 May 1881) ³ESRO DB/D/2021 (1 Jun 1881)
Port Hall Road BN1 5PD	'Building' in 1883-1884. Re-numbered 1 October 1891¹. †Police Fire Brigade Station (call box) was on the corner of Port Hall Place (1908-1917).	Pa1883— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/241
Port Hall Street BN1 5PJ	'Houses building' in Pa1883. Numbered 30 October 1884¹.	Pa1883— ¹ESRO amsgg/AMS6621/3/36
∫ Port Hall Terrace		Pa1883–Pa1885
Portfield Avenue, Withdean BN1 8TG	Numbered 30 July 1936¹.	Ke1936— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/213
Portland Avenue, Hove BN3 5NF, 5NG, 5NP		Pi1913—
Portland Lane, Hove BN3 5SW	Cul-de-sac at 326 Portland Road, giving access to development behind Portland Villas, built c1910¹.	¹ESRO DO/C/6/3274
Portland Mews BN2 1EQ East Cliff conservation area.	Now gated. The wall and gateway are Grade II listed¹.	Census1851; Pa1892–Pa1895 ¹HE 1380854
Portland Place BN2 1DG, 1DH East Cliff conservation area.	1-11 were designed by Charles Augustin Busby—part of his last work in Brighton—and built c1826 on land owned by Major Villeroy Russell. Grade II listed¹. 10 was the residence of psychiatrist Sir Hubert Bond from 1925 until his death in 1945. 12-14 Pearson House replaced the Portland Place mansion of local landowner Major Villeroy Russell, a member of a branch of the Duke of Bedford's family, which burnt down on 12 September 1825, still uncompleted. The three houses then constructed were known as West House, Portland House and Portland Lodge respectively. Brighton College was temporarily houses in no 13 from January 1847 until the Eastern Road building was ready. No 12 was owned by the Hallett family for a number of years. The merged houses were re-named Pearson House after acquisition by the St Dunstans Institute at the end of the Great War. After next being vacated and renovated it became NHS Trust premises called Sussex House. Grade II listed². 15-25 are Grade II listed³. 15 was the Brighton residence of David Montagu Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine.	Br1845—; Census1851 ¹HE 1380722 ²HE 1380723 ³HE 1380724
Portland Road, Hove BN3 5DJ, 5DL, 5DN, 5DP, 5DQ, 5DR, 5JA, 5LP	Originally called Clarendon Villas Road between Sackville Road and Westbourne Street, then Bertram Road. It was renamed in 1894. The Dukes of Portland owned extensive lands in this area, developed from the 1870s onwards. NORTH SIDE (east to west) Police Seaside Home was built in 1892 with accommodation for 50 men and officially opened in 1893 by the Countess of Chichester. Now a nursing home. Hove Methodist Church was designed with brick and terracotta in Gothic-Ramanesque style by John Wills. The memorial stone was laid on 3 June 1896 and the Wesleyan chapel opened in 1896, replacing an iron church with later additions. It is Grade II listed³. —Here is St Patrick's Road. 21-35 (odd) were designed by Thomas Lainson & Son and built in 1887 for Mrs Jane Hannah MacDonald as the Williamson Cottage Homes for Decayed Gentlewomen, which are also separately numbered. —Here is Westbourne Street. —Here is Rutland Road. —Here is Shelley Road. St Peter's Roman Catholic Church see Tamworth Road. —Here is Tamworth Road. ph 153, The Stoneham was built in 1895 as The Portland Hotel, designed by Scott & Cawthorn for Abbey, with further work by F T Cawthorn in 1903 and by Denman & Son in 1925 and 1927. It was given its current name c2010. Until then the eastern section has been called the Rock Bar and is currently a juice and coffee house called Pulp. —Here is Scott Road. †191-193 Granada Cinema was designed by H L Hemsley and opened on 17 July 1933 by the mayor of Hove, Victor Hudson, and attended by Anna Neagle. It was renamed the ABC in May 1965, closed 4 June 1974 and became the Lucky Seven Bingo Hall. In 1976 the Gala Bingo Hall was opened by actress Diana Dors. It finally closed in 2003 and became derelict. Demolished in 2012 and replaced by ... 193, Friese Greene House, a bizarrely-named housing and health care development in 2015. The glass is by Mel Howse. —Here is School Road. 197, West Hove Infant and Junior Schools —Here is Grange Road. 209, Elim Pentecostal Church was built in 1929. The foundation stone was laid by the founder of the Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance, Principal George Jeffrey, on 21 February 1929. It is now a children's nursery. —Here is Ingram Crescent East. —Here is Ingram Crescent West. Portland Business Park —Here is Olive Road. Portslade and West Hove Station. Originally opened May 1840 in a slightly different site on the west side of the level crossing but closed in 1847 for lack of use. Another station was built 1857, originally called Portslade, but a new station in an Italianate design was erected in 1881. It was renamed in April 1927 with its current full name but is still identified as Portslade. Grade II listed¹. SOUTH SIDE (east to west) —Here is Westbourne Street. ph 90, The Westbourne was designed by Charles Blandford and built by Thomas Washington. It opened as the Aldrington Hotel in 1881. Further work was done by Samuel Denman in 1895 and Denman & Matthew added a billiard room in 1904. —Here is Westbourne Gardens. —Here is Rutland Gardens. —Here is Modena Road. —Here is Raphael Road. —Here is Titian Road. —Here is Reynolds Road. —Here is Hogarth Road. —Here is Raphael Road. —Here is St Helier Road. —Here is Coleman Avenue. 290, Noble Court flats, named in honour of Sgt Dennis Noble, who was killed when his Hawker Hurricane fighter plane crashed in Woodhouse Road. —Here is Woodhouse Road. †292-302, Portland Gate [right, image: RIBA] was designed by Joseph Hill and opened in 1940. It fell into disrepair and was demolished to be replaced by... 292-302, McNair Court flats, named in honour of Squadron leader Robin McNair. Built on the site of Portland Gate, a block of flats acquired by Nicholas Hoogstraaten, who allowed the buiding to be reduced to such a state that questions were asked in parliament; a Labour motion for compulsory purchase was voted down by the Consveratives in 1993 but was revived after Labour came to power in 1997 and succeeded. Images: Portland Gate; plaque on McNair Court —Here is Portland Avenue. —Here is Mansfield Road. ph 324, Mansfield Hotel was designed in 1930 by Stavers Tiltman for the Portsmouth and Brighton United Breweries². It was renamed the Golden Cross in the early 1960s and then the Jamaica Inn in 2003, Nobel House in 2012 and The Garden Bar in 2016. —Here is Jesmond Road. —Here is Rothbury Road. —Here is Portland Villas. —Here is Glebe Villas. —Here is Chelston Avenue. —Here is Leicester Villas. —Here is Worcester Villas. —Here is Blackberry Way. (Goodbye.)	Pa1867— ¹HE 1209609 ²ESRO DO/C/6/7586 (21 June 1930) ³HE 1298647
Portland Street BN1 1RN, 1RQ North Laine conservation area (3-19 and 42-45 consecutive).	Number of properties in 1818: 18, in 1822: 21.> ph †12 opened as The Cap of Liberty in 1843 and changed its name to the Brassfounders Arms three years later. It closed in 1926.	Ba1822—
† Portland Street East		Fo1850–Pa1872 Census1851
† Portland Terrace	Former name for (124 ?)127-133 Marine Parade.
Portland Villas, Hove BN3 5SA, 5SB	14 was designed by Mark Pellant of Koru Architects and built in 2017.
∫ Portland Villas, Kemp Town	Building in 1878. Numbered as College Road by 1880	Pa1877–Pa1878
† Portland Yard		Co1799
PORTSLADE	Portslade was part of the administrative area of Steyning East Rural District Council until 1898, when Portslade-by-Sea Urban District Council was established. This was merged into Hove Borough Council in 1974. In 1904 the lordship of the manor and the manor house were bought by Miss Kathleen Concepta Nelson¹.	¹ESRO amsh/AMS5600/1
Portslade Old Village	Conservation area, designated 1974, comprising 13.84ha (34.21 acres).	Character statement Map
† Poune's Court	Street which was on the west side of West Street below Boyces Lane, in which there was a synagogue. Later the Gas Company had the largest building. Poune was the local builder and timber merchant Stephen Poune. The first Jewish synagogue moved here from Jew Street in 1808 but was dissolved c.1813 when the size of the congregation fell, reviving again in 1821 until moving to Devonshire Place in 1824.
Powis Grove BN1 3HF Clifton Hill conservation area.	Built 1848-1853. For the origin of the name see Powis Villas. 11 had an ice house 1854¹.	Ta1854— ¹R G Martin: 'Ice Houses and the Commercial Ice Trade in Brighton' in Sussex Industrial History no 14: 21
Powis Place		Fo1848—; Census1851
Powis Road BN1 3HJ Clifton Hill conservation area.	Built late 1860s.	Fo1852—; Census1861
Powis Square BN1 3HG, 3HH Clifton Hill conservation area.	Built 1848-1853; 14 houses unoccupied or unfinished in 1852. This is Brighton's only inland Regency-style square. The gardens were taken over by Brighton Corporation in 1884.Two K6 telephone kiosks at the west end are Grade II listed¹. 1-11 and railings are Grade II listed². 12 and railings is Grade II listed³. 13 and railings is Grade II listed⁴. 14-24 and railings are Grade II listed⁵.	Ta1854— ¹HE 1380731 ²HE 1380726 ³HE 1380727 ⁴HE 1380728 ⁵HE 1380729
Powis Villas BN1 3HD Clifton Hill conservation area.	Built 1848-1853. 2-3 are Grade II listed¹. 4, Grove House, originally Grove Villa, was built for Brighton ironmonger John Yearsley, who was born at Welshpool in Powys, Wales. He bought the land, which had been in the Kemp family since 1774, for £1,100 from the estate of Thomas Kemp after the latter's death in 1847. Grade II listed². 5 and the coach house were donated in 1937 to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Dyke Road. Grade II listed³. 6-7 were donated in 1937 to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Dyke Road. Grade II listed⁴. 8-9 are Grade II listed⁵. 10-13 are Grade II listed⁶.	Fo1850— ¹HE 1380733, 1380734 ²HE 1380735 ³HE 1380736 ⁴HE 1380737 ⁵HE 1380738 ⁶HE 1380740
Poynings Drive, Hangleton BN3 8GF, 8GN, 8GR	One of a group of adjoining roads named after Sussex villages.	Ke1949—
Poynter Road, Hove BN3 7AH	Vallance Estate. Sir Edward Poynter PRA (1836-1919) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter, married to the sister-in-law of Edward Burne-Jones, the uncle by marriage of both Rudyard Kipling and Stanley Baldwin and President of the Royal Academy when the road was built c1905. One of five Victorian painters commemorated in adjacent streets (the others being Frith, Landseer, Leighton and Prinsep).	To1898—
† Preece's Buildings	Between Gardner Street and Regent Street. It was partially demolished in 1936 as part of the Brighton slum clearance programme but the now-gated entrance to the alley still exists adjacent to 100 Church Street. Image: Photographed for Brighton Borough Council in 1935 by Vawdry 'to demonstrate those features of unfitness upon which the cases for clearance were based'. [Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust]	Fo1848–Ke1936; Census1851
Preston	'Priests' farmstead' (OE preosta tun). One of the ancient manors and parishes in the area. Domesday Book records it as a possession of the Bishop of Chichester. Housing development from the 1860s onwards was principally the work of Daniel Friend. Formerly part of Steyning East Rural District, it was incorporated into the Borough of Brighton in 1928.
Preston Circus BN1 4JQ, 4NA, 4NZ	1-7 were leased by Brighton Corporation to Lloyds Bank in December 1938. Duke of York's Cinema. Brighton's first purpose-built cinema opened on 22 September 1910 and is almost certainly the oldest building purpose-built as a cinema in the country in continuous use. Designed by C E Clayton², the cinema was founded by Mrs Violet Melnotte-Wyatt. She and her husband owned the Duke of York's Theatre in London. The name comes indirectly from Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827) and long-time commander in chief of the army—the Grand Old Duke of York of the nursery rhyme—and younger brother of the Prince Regent. It is Grade II listed¹. Preston Circus Community Fire Station was designed by Graeme Highet, with relief panels by Joseph Cribb. It opened in 1938 and is on the B&H local list.	Pi1908— ¹HE 1380741 ²ESRO DB/D/7/6419 (5 May 1910)
Preston Drove BN1 6EW, 6FJ, 6FL, 6LA, 6LB, 6LD Preston Park conservation area (233-263 odd, 202-216 even, St Johns Church, Garage). Preston Village conservation area (169, Preston Brewery Tap, 199-225 odd).	Part of the drove road from Saltdean to Portslade, which continued via Middle Street, Preston to The Drove. Renumbered 19 May 1904¹. Numbered 27 February 1936². Preston Manor manor was ceded to Queen Elizabeth in 1561 (value: £38 12s 4d). The lessee was Richard Elrington (d 1569), who was outlived by his wife Mary (née Isley), the widow of William Shirley of Wiston (c1498-c1551). She bequeathed the Preston estate to her second son, Anthony Sherley (c1546-1624). It stayed in the Shirley family until Sir Richard Shirley died in 1706 and the baronetcy became extinct. The estate was inherited by three sister co-heirs of Sir Richard—Anne, Mary and Judith. Anne married Robert Western and Mary his nephew Thomas. (Judith never married). The manor remained in the Western family from 1712 until sold in 1754 for £17,600 to William Stanford. His son William and then his grand-daughter Ellen inherited in turn. From Ellen's marriage to Vere Fane Benett came a son, John Montague Benett-Stanford but to prevent John inheriting and exploiting the estate, Ellen's second husband, Charles Thomas-Stanford, bought the manor from his wife's trustees in 1925 and gave it to the town on condition it remained a museum. In the same year the Corporation bought the frontage to Preston Drove and Preston Road for £5,000. Two elm trees in the grounds are believed to be the oldest in the world, dating from c.1150. Grade II* listed³ with the walls to the south-east⁷ and the ruined wellhouse (aka Donkey Wheel, c1735)⁸. Wall postbox adjacent to north-east gate to Preston Park bears the VR royal cipher. St Peter's Church, in the grounds of the manor, dates from 1260—although there is a reference to a church here in Domesday Book—and has some medieval wall paintings, which survived a major fire in 1906, after which it was restored by P M Johnston. Heavily restored by James Woodman in 1872, with a south vestry and restored chancel by Ewan Christian of 1878. The church closed in 1988 and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It is Grade II* listed⁴, as are four tombs in the churchyard⁵ and the lamppost north of the entrance⁶. 71, Park View was designed by Frank Cawthorn⁹ and was opened by Abbey (Kemp Town Brewery) in 1899. Blaker's Park was a gift to the town by Alderman J G Blaker that opened on 3 November 1894. It retains most of its original design. The clock tower was added is 1896 and the tennis courts in the 1930s. The park and the clock tower are on the B&H local list.	Pa1882— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/104 ²ESRO DB/D/27/5 ³HE 1380750 ⁴HE 1380743 ⁵HE 1380745 ⁶HE 1380748 ⁷HE 1380751 ⁸HE 1380752 ⁹ESRO DB/D/7/4894 (17 Feb 1899)
Preston Park	Large park of 67 acres to the north of Brighton town centre but south of Preston was laid out in the mid 1880s on walled meadow land sold to Brighton Corporation in 1883 by Ellen Stanford of Preston Manor for £50,000. (It had been offered for £30,000 seven years earlier.) The money, including the £22,868 landscaping costs, came from a £60,000 bequest by local bookmaker William Edmund Davies. The park was officially opened on 8 November 1884 by the mayor, Alfred Cox. The clock tower, designed by borough surveyor Francis May, was unveiled by the mayor, Joseph Ewart on 17 June 1892. It was funded by Edward White, whose initials are on the tower. Polo games were played on the Polo Ground at the north-west end of the farm by cavalry officers from Preston Barracks in Lewes Road until 1939. In the latter part of the 19th century, the International Gun and Polo Club Grounds were next to Preston Drove between Preston Park Avenue and the Preston Manor grounds, where the running track is now. On the south-west side a statue commissioned by Brighton Council from Peter Webster to the Olympic medal-winning athlete Steve Ovett was unveiled in 1987 and was then the most expensive public sculpture in the city, having cost £25,000; it was sawn off and stolen on the first weekend in September 2007, only the right foot remaining. The Rockery on the other side of the main road was created in 1935 from wooded land where rooks gathered, giving its original name of The Rookery (see also 187 Preston Road). It is the largest municipal rock garden in the country.
Preston Park	Conservation area, designated 1970 and extended in 1977, 1980 and 1981. It was split from Preston Village in 1988 and further extended in 1995; now comprising 86.8ha (214.47 acres).	Character statement Map
Preston Park Avenue BN1 6HG, 6HH, 6HJ, 6HL	Houses unoccupied in 1881-83¹, slowly developing later in the decade. Part numbered 7 March 1901². 5b, Yew Tree House, an eco back development, was designed by Bill Dunster Architects and ZEDfactory (for Zero Energy Development) in 2010. 39 was the billet where in 1944 Rex Whistler painted Allegory: HRH the Prince Regent Awakening the Spirit of Brighton (dated 5-7 June 1944) and King George IV in oils on the wallpaper. The paintings were removed and are now in Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. Whistler Court commemorates Rex Whistler.	Pa1881— ¹Pa1881,1883 ²ESRO DB/D/27/173
Preston Road BN1 4QE, 4QF, 4QG, 6AE, 6AF, 6AZ	The continuation of London Road between Preston Circus and near Towergate. Main development was in the late 1870s. Numbers were added to house names in the late 1880s. Much of the west side was redeveloped in the post-war period with large buildings. For about 30 years from 1765 there was a tea garden among the elm trees on the south side of the junction with Preston Drove, adjacent to Preston Manor. WEST SIDE 5-31 (odd) were designed by Thomas Simpson in 1875⁷. Several have been remodelled and 23-29 replaced. 17 was the residence of successive builders and architects: George Buster (c1885-1886), William Parnacott (1886) and James W Hawker (1901). 33-81 (odd) were known as 1-25 Roseneath Terrace 1873-1875, until incorporated into the numbering of Preston Road. Railway viaduct was built in 1846. It was damaged by a bomb during a raid by a squadron of 24 Focke Wulf 190 fighter-bombers on 25 May 1943, which left a section of track hanging in the air³. It is Grade II* listed⁴. 87, Preston Road Board Schools are now part of Brighton Metropolitan College. It is on the B&H local list. —Here is Dyke Road Drive.] Houses north of Dyke Road Drive had names until they were allocated numbers later in the 1880s. The sequences from south to north are as follows, with the house numbers given later and the year when first listed in a street directory. 103 Parkmore. 1883 105 Evelyn House. 1883 107 Hillmara House. 1883 Anston House, which fell into disuse in 1987, was voted the ugliest building in Sussex in 2003. Villas listed in 1880 (all lost): 131 The Elms. 133 Arlington. 135 Aberdare. 137 Drumravery. 139 Lea Mount, renamed Sea Mount by 1882 141 Denmark House . 143 Hatherly. 145 Woodleigh. 147 Holmwood. Most of the following remained unnumbered until at least 1901 149 Brandon House. 151 Eskdale. 153 Streatley, renamed Stonleigh by 1882. This was the residence of Daniel Friend by 1891 until his death in 1902. 155 Cheribon. 1889. 157 The Limes. 1878. 159 Joy Villa. 1877. Mountjoy Villa. 1880. Not in 1882 161 Ferndale. Built 1877 for H Stafford Smith. Demolished 1985. 163 Spring Croft. 1878. 165 Belmont, originally a gentlemen's school. 1878, later the residence of a builder called Ben Saunders, who donated the house to become Kitchener's Home for Soldiers' and Sailors' Children, for orphans that received war pensions. 167 The Grove. 1880. —Here is Lover's Walk] 169 Sunnyside, 1877, renamed Scotia by 1901. 171 Burnfoot. 1880. 173 Mount Rose . 1878, renamed Montrose by 1882. 175 Carisbrooke. 1878. Glendale gentlemen's school. 1878-1879 only. May have become Kenmare. Kenmare. 1880. 179 Box Grove. 1877. 181 Fairlight. The residence of William Stroudley. 1878. †Bosviga and its lodge were the residence of William Stroudley. 1880-82. Renamed The Rookery. Preston Grange 10-storey apartment block is now on the site. Fernside. 1887 only. Ashlyn. 1901. Parkside. 1901. †ph 195, Black Lion was opened by Tamplin by 1871. A petrol station now occupies the site. —Here is South Road.] ph 197, Preston Tap, formerly the Brewery Tap, was designed by Samuel Denman and built in 1888 adjoining the brewery (see Preston Village Mews). It replaced a clapboard brewery building. 199, Acacia House was built of knapped flint as a farmhouse in the mid-18th century. A house had previously stood on this site since at least 1617. In the late Edwardian period it became a dining room and is now occupied by a firm of solicitors. Grade II listed¹. The freehold, with the Brewery Tap (above) sold for £4,000 in November 1888⁷. 201-205 (odd) were designed by Charles Stanley Peach (see also Lauriston Road). The gable of 201-203 is decorated with two bas-relief cockerels. They are on the B&H local list. —Here is Middle Road. —Here is North Road. ph 213, Crown & Anchor has been here since no later than 1711. It was here that the inquest on Celia Holloway (see Lover's Walk) was held in 1832. The Preston Parish Workhouse stood at the rear. A new hotel was designed by Nye and built by Smithers & Sons in 1886, with bed and breakfast accommodation, a gymnasium and the Preston Assembly Hall at the rear. The gymnasium, where noted boxers including Tommy Farr, Terry Downes and Don Cockell trained, was demolished in the 1960s. 215, 217, 219 were designed by A C Udney in 1894⁵. 227-231 were bombed during the Second World War. No 231 was designed by C S Peach⁶. —Here is Cumberland Road. 253, Preston Court was the childhood residence of interior decorator Herman Schrijver (1904-1972). Here is Clermont Road. 257 Whitchurch House. -1910. 259 Clifton Villa. -1910. 261 Clyde Villa. -1910. †267 Tivoli was built c1900 and bought by Brighton Borough Council from Mrs May Rosetta Lansbury on 11 October 1948¹³. Continues as London Road. EAST SIDE ph 2, The Joker was built for Kemp Town Brewery as the Stanford Arms PH in 1873 and refurbished by Denman & Son in 1927. It was later called CircusCircus and is on the B&H local list. 40 was the premises of Magnus Volk, electical engineer, from when first listed in 1878 to 1883. —Here is Ditchling Rise.] †66 was Balliol House. 1878. † Between Springfield Road and Stanford Avenue Claude Villa. 1883. 94 Bicton House. 1881. 96 Park Gate. 1883. 108 Preston Park Lodge. 1883 —Here is Stanford Avenue. —Here is Preston Park. 216, Preston Park Hotel was formerly Lourdes Convent Board and Day School. See St John's Villa and Woodslee below. Continues as London Road. A series of villas occupied the east side from the then borough boundary behind Harrington Road to about where Withdean Crescent is now. From south to north these houses were called Grove Lodge, St John's, Woodslee, Hartford Villa, Withdean Lodge (which itself had a lodge/gatehouse on Preston Road), Withdean House, Fir Croft, Effingham Lodge, Laine House and Withdean Hall. Effingham Lodge, Fir Croft and Laine House were three adjacent Victorian villas built c.1860 that were acquired by Brighton Corporation and sold for development. They were demolished c.1972 and the Varndean Drive ('Golden Acres') estate was built on the site. Manor Farm. 1881. Mounfry. 1881. The Mount. 1881. Preston House, to the east of the road, was a residence of Anne of Cleves, one of the wives of Henry VIII. (??) Rossmore. 1881. Rowden. 1881. Withdean Hall. See The Approach. †Withdean Lodge was a substantial Victorian villa in grounds of about four acres built in the 1860s when it was owned by the Misses Gregory, five sisters of whom two founded a home for lost and starving dogs (see 2-4 Robertson Road). The house was requisitioned for troop billets during the Second World War. It was demolished at the same time as Cliveden and the Grosvenor Court flats were built on the site. The round lodge house, which could be mistaken for a toll booth, the stable block and vinery remain. A drinking fountain in memory of Juliana Gregory was placed by the remaining sisters in 1897 further north, close to Surrenden Field. 216, Preston Park Hotel was originally a private house called Selbourne, then Norbury. After the widening of London Road in the mid 1930s it became the Methuen House Nursing Home and in the 1960s a hotel. Church of St John the Evangelist at the corner of Knoyle Road was built in the garden of the vicarage of St Peter's church (see Preston Drove). It was designed by Sir A W Blomfield & Sons and dedicated on 26 October 1902. It became the Preston parish church in 1908. Grade II listed². Preston Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club has been on the north corner of Preston Drove since c.1925. The city council owns the site. Towergate flats were built on the site of Tivoli House, which was demolished in September 1988, and in the grounds of Tower House [qv], which in turn had formed part of the pleasure grounds that stretched westwards from London Road to beyond the railway line. First opened as Strawberry Tea Gardens in the early 1830s, they became Tivoli Gardens in 1852—taking the name ultimately from at Villa d'Este the gardens near Rome, although the name Tivoli was also used for fashionable gardens in Paris and Copenhagen, the latter having been so named as recently as 1843.	Pa1877— ¹HE 1380754 ²HE 1380756 ³Wikipedia ⁴HE 1380757 ⁵ESRO DB/D/7/4059 (4 Oct 1894) ⁶ESRO DB/D/7/3057 (1 Mar 1894) ⁷The Builder, 24 Nov 1888:383
Preston Street BN1 2HE, 2HG, 2HN, 2HP Regency Square conservation area.	Originally called Bedford Row⁹, mostly built 1820s. Renumbered 18 August 1891¹, 6 April 1899² and 7 May 1901³. 5 is Grade II listed⁴. [ph] 12-13 was the New Pier Tavern from 1868 to 1960. ph 45, Chequers was opened by Kemp Town Brewery in 1854. It has had an identity crisis since 2016, becoming the Tipsy Bear in 2018, Oast in 2021, The Brick in 2022 and the Lankan (a Sri Lanka restaurant) in 2023. 58 is Grade II listed⁵. 59 was the boarding house featured in Hilda Lessways (1911), the second volume of Arnold Bennett's Clayhanger trilogy. 'No. 59 was not even semi-detached, but one of a gaunt, tall row of stuccoed and single-fronted dwellings. It looked like a boarding-house, and ... not all the style of George Cannon's suit and cane and manner, as he mounted the steps, nor the polish of his new brass-plate, could redeem it from the disgrace of being a very ordinary boarding-house.' 60 is Grade II listed⁶. ph 66, Royal Sovereign Hotel opened by 1824. It is Grade II listed⁷. 67 was built c1818 and is probably by Amon Wilds and Amon Henry Wilds. Grade II listed with 22-25 Regency Square⁸. Birthplace of actress Eva Moore. 79 Regency Cottage dates from the 1820s and is probably by Wilds and Busby. Grade II listed ¹⁰. Sovereign Inn. 1851.	Ba1822— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/240 ²ESRO DB/D/27/126 ³ESRO DB/D/46/679 ⁴HE 1380758 ⁵HE 1380759 ⁶HE 1380760 ⁷HE 1380761 ⁸HE 1380834 ⁹James Gray ¹⁰HE 1380762
Preston Village CA	Conservation area, designated 1970 and extended in 1977, 1980 and 1981. It was split from Preston Park in 1988; now comprising 32.58ha (80.51 acres).	Character statement Map
Preston Village Mews BN1 6XU	Group of 14 houses around a courtyard, built between Middle Road and South Road in 1996 by T J Braybon & Son on the company's builder's yard, on the site of coal merchant's yard amd a brewery that is reflected in the name of the Preston Tap pub (formerly Brewery Tap) on Preston Road. The brewery dated back to the 18th century and was owned by local landowner Bartholomew Smithers.
Prestonville	The middle-class housing development north of Seven Dials in the southern part of Preston village with the coming of the railway attracted this name. The principal developer was Daniel Friend. There appears to have been an extensive pagan Saxon burial ground in the area (see Stanford Road).
Prestonville Road BN1 3TJ, 3TL, 3WD	Built by Daniel Friend in the 1860s. The southern section was formerly known as Cobden Place. 2 Eric Gill lived here in childhood 1884-1886¹. 15 was the birthplace of C B Cochran. Plaque.	Pa1881— ¹(autobiography)
∫ Prestonville Terrace	Under construction c1865-1868. Incorporated into Old Shoreham Road 30 August 1938¹ and numbered as 14-62.	Pa1881— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/47
Prince Albert Street BN1 1HE, 1HF, 1HY Old Town conservation area.	Plan for laying out of new road is dated 5 November 1839¹², subsequently named in honour of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Built 1842-47. 1-8 were built c1842. Grade II listed¹. ph 1-3, The Mesmerist was opened by the Laine Brewery Co with this name c2010. 10-13 were terraced houses dating from the late 18th century, now shops. Grade II listed². 14 was partly renumbered as 13a and 13b 20 October 1892³. 15 is Grade II listed⁴. 15b is a shop of the 1890s. Grade II listed⁵. 16 was included in the Nile Pavilions Development by Robin Clayton Partnership (1989), Grade II listed⁶. 17-17a are Grade II listed⁷. 18-19 are Grade II listed⁸. 20, 21, 21a and 21b are Grade II listed⁹. 22-23 are Grade II listed with 1 Nile Street¹⁰. 24 is Grade II listed with 41-41a Market Street¹¹.	Br1845— ¹HE 1380763, 1380764 ²HE 1380765, 1380766 ³ESRO DB/D/27/219 ⁴HE 1380767 ⁵HE 1380768 ⁶HE 1380769 ⁷HE 1380770 ⁸HE 1380771 ⁹HE 1380772 ¹⁰HE 1380773 ¹¹HE 1380766 ¹²ESRO DB/D/52/96
Prince Regent's Close BN2 5JP, 5JQ	Cul-de-sac off Bristol Gardens.	Ke1964—
Princes Avenue, Hove BN3 4GD, 4GT, 4GW Pembroke and Princes conservation area.	Road laid out by Clayton & Black for the Vallance Estate trustees, planning application dated 30 December 1902¹.	Pi1912— ¹ESRO DO/C/6/2374
Princes Crescent, Brighton BN2 3RA, 3RB, 3RQ, 3RR, 3RS Round Hill conservation area.	No houses in 1859-1871; the first appear in 1872.	Fo1859—
Princes Crescent, Hove BN3 4GS Pembroke and Princes conservation area.	137 Kingsway was originally designated 1 Prince's Crescent. Renumbered 20 April 1881¹ and 27 March 1884².	Pi1927— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/191 ²ESRO DB/D/27/236
Prince's Place BN1 1ED Valley Gardens conservation area.	Leads from the Chapel Royal into the south end of the Royal Pavilion estate. The name was in use before 1799. Number of properties in 1822: 10. Renumbered 22 May 1919¹. †4 was the premises of William Prince, 'organist and music-maker' in 1799. Regent House was designed by John Leopold Denman and built in 1934.	Co1799— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/82
Princes Road BN2 3BY, 3RH Round Hill conservation area.	Numbered 20 April 1881¹.	Pa1880— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/182
Princes Square, Hove BN3 4GE Pembroke and Princes conservation area.		Pi1917—
Prince's Street BN2 1RD, 1WE, 1WF East Cliff conservation area.	Formerly (1799) ran at right angles to Pavilion Parade. 18-20 are Grade II listed¹. Former Parochial Offices of the Board of Guardians and Registrar were designed by Nunn & Hunt, are dated 1894 and opened May 1895. The name is carved above the entrance. Grade II listed².	Co1799— ¹HE 1380774 ²HE 1380776
Prince's Terrace BN2 5JS, 5JW	'Back of Sussex Square'. Numbered 23 May 1935¹. 1-6 were designed by Samuel Denman² in 1894 as part of a group that originally included 10 houses. 7-10 were designed by Denman & Matthew in 1902³.	Pa1870— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/15 ²ESRO DB/D/7/3087 (7 Jun 1894) ³ESRO DB/D/7/5480 (1 May 1902) amended /5606 (10 Nov 1902)
Prinsep Road, Hove BN3 7AB	Val (Valentine Cameron) Prinsep RA (1838-1904) was an Indian-born English pre-raphaelite painter and nephew of the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. One of five Victorian painters commemorated in adjacent streets (the others being Frith, Landseer, Leighton and Poynter).	Pi1901—
∫ Prospect Place	Former name for St Peter's Place. Number of properties in 1822: 4.	Ba1822
∫ Prospect Row	Former name of the section of St James's Street between George Street and High Street (late 1790s). It included a temporary catholic mission until a chapel was built 1806/07 in High Street.	Co1799
Providence Place, Brighton BN1 4GE, 4UN	†St Bartholomew's School was built on 1874 and demolished in 1975, replaced by a new school in Ann Street.	Fo1848—
† Providence Place, Hove	Opposite the gas works.	Fo1850–Pi1897
† Providence Place, Portslade	Off Station Road.	Pa1890
Pudding Bag Wood	On the south-west side of Stanmer Park, it includes three sites scheduled as National Monuments by English Heritage: earthworks that formed a prehistoric (possibly neolithic) linear boundary¹ with a Bronze Age bowl barrow² and the site of a round barrow³.	¹HE 402124 ²HE 402081 ³HE 1343881
Pulborough Close, Whitehawk BN2 5QT	Cul-de-sac off Whitehawk Way. Pulborough is a town in West Sussex.

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