Two storey with attic public house. Red brick (painted to ground floor) with shallow hipped slate roof.
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LLHA0171
Two storey with attic public house. Red brick (painted to ground floor) with shallow hipped slate roof. It is shown on the 1870s Ordnance Survey and part-shown on a photograph of the formerly neighbouring Longhurst’s Brewery in 1879. Then known as the Stanford Arms (taking its name from the major Preston landowners the Bennett-Stanfords), it shows the same detailing as now. In 1877, street directories record the landowner as J. Haines. The front elevation addresses the junction of Preston Circus, with three double-doors to the ground floor (originally door and two windows), three round-arched windows with surrounds above, and tripartite dormer with rounded pediment. Barley-twist rainwater downpipes. Canted corners containing further windows. Similar detailing to both side elevations (fronting Preston Road and Beaconsfield Road); that to Preston Road also includes a tripartite round-headed window arrangement with glazing to the central section and blind windows to either side. Tall chimneys to Beaconsfield Road elevation. Source: Regency Society The James Gray Collection Image 97. Regency Society The James Gray Collection Image 107, My Brighton and Hove Then and Now Photos
ii A good example of a late 19th century public house, with well-executed detail and design
ii Not within a conservation area, the building contributes greatly to the streetscene iii The building is set prominently on a major junction such that it forms a focal point in the area
i The building survives largely intact ii The building remains in pub use
2015
