Asset type
Historic building - Public House
Local Listing Reference
LLHA0060
Conservation Area (CA)
No CA
Description
Three storey English bond red-brown brick building with curved frontage fronting the corner of Elm Grove and Islingword Road. Symmetrical, and of 6 bays, the outermost bays each contain an entrance set within a trapezoidal entrance with rendered surround and fanlight. Two shallow canted bays to the ground floor. 6 hung sash small-paned windows with exposed boxes to each of the floors above. Stripped down, neo-Georgian in overall composition. Roof behind parapet with raised and projecting middle section.
A further section of the pub extends along Elm Grove. Originally known as the Admiral Napier Inn, it was built in 1935 to replace and extend an 1856 public house of the same name. It is by J. L. Denman and Son for the Kemp Town Brewery and has operated under a number of different names over time.
Source: My Brighton and Hove and David Muggleton.
A. Architectural, design and artistic interest
ii. A good quality example of 1930s neo-Georgian public house architecture.
C. Townscape interest
ii. Not within a conservation area, the building contributes greatly to the streetscene and is clearly visible in views up from Lewes Road.
F. Intactness
i. The design of the building survives intact
ii. The building remains in pub use
Date of inclusion
2015. Description updated 2023.
