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The Freemasons Inn and Restaurant

A Grade II Listed Building in Brighton and Hove, The City of Brighton and Hove

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.8257 / 50°49'32"N

Longitude: -0.1597 / 0°9'35"W

OS Eastings: 529708

OS Northings: 104516

OS Grid: TQ297045

Mapcode National: GBR JP3.2G1

Mapcode Global: FRA B6KX.7LM

Plus Code: 9C2XRRGR+74

Entry Name: The Freemasons Inn and Restaurant

Listing Date: 2 November 1992

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1292378

English Heritage Legacy ID: 365664

Also known as: Freemasons Tavern

ID on this website: 101292378

Location: Hove, Brighton and Hove, West Sussex, BN3

County: The City of Brighton and Hove

Electoral Ward/Division: Brunswick and Adelaide

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Brighton and Hove

Traditional County: Sussex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Sussex

Church of England Parish: Hove St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Chichester

Tagged with: Pub

Description


HOVE

TQ2904NE WESTERN ROAD 579-1/19/142 (South side) No.39 The Freemasons Inn and Restaurant

GV II

Includes: The Freemasons Inn and Restaurant BRUNSWICK STREET WEST. Public house with restaurant. Public house c1870 in classical style, restaurant 1928 in art deco style. The latter built for the Kemp Town Brewery. Public house: render over brick, mansard slate roof; restaurant: rendered second floor, mosaic of gold, beige and blue surrounding ground and first floor with full-height metal windows separated by metal dado, roof concealed behind parapet. L-plan corner block, restaurant fronting Western Road and public house returned along Brunswick Street West. Public house: 3 storeys plus attic, 1 bay comprising a 2-storey oriel canted bay, ornamented by pilasters with decorative capitals, also to parapet, similar decoration on 4-bay return, 2 oriels and parapet to flat-roofed porch now with glazed addition. Interior not inspected. Restaurant: three storeys, three bays, second floor with tripartite window, late C20 fenestration, original metal windows to ground and first floor curved frontage to recessed entrance, sunburst leading, masonic symbols on dados, mosaic surround with lettering over first floor 'Freemasons Restaurant/ Kemp Town Brewery' with griffin-headed grotesques below. Interior: almost complete survival of original fittings on both floors. Art deco style moulding to ceiling beams, original light fittings, some built-in furniture and staircase. A fine example of art deco styling.

Listing NGR: TQ2970804516

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