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Places to admire the décor of buildings in Brighton
Brighton Waterfront
A stroll along Brighton’s seafront is refreshing in summer and invigorating in winter, but always rewarded with beautiful views. Most houses in Brighton city centre have tiny courtyards instead of gardens, and outdoor space is something of a luxury, so Brighton residents love to walk along the seafront, in city parks or up to the South Downs National Park to enjoy the outdoors.
Walking along the seafront on the Hove side of the seafront, you’ll see the magnificent crescents, which are some of the standout elements of Regency architecture in the country. The buildings are adorned with traditional Georgian elements such as Corinthian columns and floor-to-ceiling windows, and the crescent-shaped layout of the buildings is designed so that each house has a sea view.
Royal Pavilion
Brighton’s most iconic landmark is a must-see for lovers of architecture, design and interior design. Built by architect John Nash as a seaside entertainment palace for King George IV in the early 19th century, this magnificent Oriental-style palace is a tribute to the King’s love of Oriental art and architecture.
No expense was spared on the interior, with each room lavishly decorated with specially imported Chinese furniture and hand-painted wallpaper. If you’re a fan of colourful interiors and maximalist decor, then the Royal Pavilion really is a must-see because of its lavish decor on a grand scale.
Brighton: shopping for interiors
Brighton is a paradise for interior lovers. There are big-name brand shops in the city centre, with Heal’s offering 5 floors of contemporary furniture, lighting and home accessories on Duke Street and the huge HomeSense shop near Churchill Square in the city centre. This year, Brighton’s reputation as a home lover’s paradise has been confirmed with the return of Habitat and the recent opening of a new flagship shop in the city.
This large new city centre shop with a two-storey furniture and home accessories shop is popular with Brighton’s design-loving homeowners.
Alongside the well-known high street shops, you’ll find a stunning selection of independent interior shops in Brighton’s Lanes, North Lane, Kemptown and neighbouring Hove areas.
The Lavender Room
The Lavender Room on Bond Street offers an eclectic mix of carefully selected home accessories. The range is vintage-inspired and includes beautiful painted crockery as well as jewellery, pretty lingerie and nightwear.
Adobe living
Filled with interior accessories, lighting and soft furnishings, Abode Living offers a carefully selected collection of finishing touches to help you add personality and style to your home.
Features porticos, verandas and gables in Brighton
Decorative gables are a particular architectural feature of the later Victorian and Edwardian ‘suburbs’ of the city, enlivening the roofs of historic streets. They are linked to visible roofs, often quite steep and usually terminate in niches. The main surface may be tiled, boarded, plastered or have an imitation timber frame.
Porticos may have open, closed or partially closed sides. They are common to Brighton & Hove townhouses in the Regency and Victorian styles.
And they can be seen in a wide variety of designs. The size and grandeur of the portico is in keeping with the status of the original house.
The most common porches in Brighton and Hove are typical features of the vernacular revival style of Victorian and Edwardian suburbs. They usually have a tiled steeply pitched roof supported on timber brackets or framework, sometimes with a brick base.
Building façade
Historic stucco may be completely smooth or with inscribed lines resembling stone blocks. Some Regency townhouses have a “rusticated” finish on the front facades of the lower floors, where deeper and wider projections (also known as hewn stone recesses) have been made in the stucco. Rustication is also sometimes found in the form of corner quarters.
Moulded decoration is an important feature of facades, and on Regency and Victorian properties such elements may include cornices, pilasters, capitals, string courses, architraves, door pediments, entablatures, corbels and friezes. Mouldings can also fulfil an important structural function as they are often designed to channel rainwater away from doors and windows.
