List of conservation areas in Brighton and Hove
Conservation areas

List of conservation areas in Brighton and Hove

Section Title: Conservation areas
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Name	Size	Date	Notes	Refs

Benfield Barn, Hangleton	1.43 acres (0.58 ha)	1989	The city's smallest conservation area includes a Grade II-listed barn—part of an ancient farm next to the former Benfield Manor house—and the four terraced cottages which replaced it.

Brunswick Town, Hove	95.92 acres (38.82 ha)	1969	Local architecture evolved into "serious Neoclassical" at this carefully planned and landscaped set-piece in the mid-1820s. Columns of various orders, pilasters and bow fronts characterise the square and its flanking terraces, all of which enjoy sea views and access to extensive lawns.

Carlton Hill	4.05 acres (1.64 ha)	2008	This early-19th-century working-class area was comprehensively redeveloped in the mid-20th century after degenerating into a slum, but a few old buildings remain: Tilbury Place is a good example of Georgian architecture, George Cheesman junior's severely Classical church dates from 1839, and the cobble-fronted Mighell Farmhouse survived when adjacent buildings were demolished for Amex House, a large office block.

Cliftonville, Hove	40.05 acres (16.21 ha)	1969	A small area of "delightful mid-Victorian houses", in a villa style with angled bay windows and exterior ironwork, this 1850s suburb is an example of the long-lasting influence of the Regency style on Victorian domestic architecture.

College	18.60 acres (7.53 ha)	1988	Many architects associated with Brighton have made complementary additions to George Gilbert Scott's original buildings for Brighton College, founded in 1848: T.G.

Denmark Villas, Hove	7.42 acres (3.00 ha)	1984	This road was a northern extension of Cliftonville, built on the way to Hove railway station (opened in 1865). The area has well-spaced Italianate houses in a more modestly detailed style than the rest of Cliftonville, with prominent architraves, quoins and eaves, yellow brickwork and mosaic tiled paths.

East Cliff	153.99 acres (62.32 ha)	1973	Hundreds of listed buildings, a strong and little changed street pattern and the prevalence of Regency architecture characterise the East Cliff, which developed from the late 18th century because of its proximity to the fashionable Old Steine.

Engineerium, West Blatchington	8.89 acres (3.60 ha)	1982	Built in 1866 as the Goldstone Pumping Station to provide more piped water for Brighton and Hove's rapidly growing population, this became a museum in 1976.

Hangleton	15.54 acres (6.29 ha)	1984	Hangleton became a postwar overspill estate, with what Pevsner called "a grisly set of parodies of the English cottage", but at the centre a set of ancient buildings remain around a park.

Hove Station	14.56 acres (5.89 ha)	1996	Built as Cliftonville in 1865, Hove railway station soon stimulated middle-class residential development. Goldstone Villas, a wide tree-lined avenue with terraced houses in various styles, was developed in the 1880s and 1890s.

Kemp Town	47.94 acres (19.40 ha)	1970	The estate has two sea-facing terraces (Arundel and Chichester Terrace) linked to a three-sided square (Sussex Square) by Lewes Crescent, an 840-foot (260 m) double curve of 28 stuccoed houses with large Corinthian pilasters at regular intervals.

Montpelier & Clifton Hill	75.40 acres (30.51 ha)	1973	Clifton Hill rises gently to a summit between the old town centre and West Hill. Built up from the 1820s to the 1860s, the southwest-facing slopes became Brighton's most desirable suburb.

North Laine	41.37 acres (16.74 ha)	1977	Based around the east end of Church Street, the oldest road, this tightly packed residential and commercial area was developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, helped by Brighton railway station's proximity.

Old Hove	34.44 acres (13.94 ha)	1997	Hove Street—the ancient village street, whose manor house was demolished in the 1930s—and its surroundings make up this conservation area. Most housing is of the late 19th century: large, mostly semi-detached or terraced and built of red brick.

Old Town	46.77 acres (18.93 ha)	1973	The narrow, winding twittens known as The Lanes were built up in the 16th and 17th centuries as Brighton's fishing industry thrived.

Ovingdean	48.58 acres (19.66 ha)	1970	Events in Harrison Ainsworth's novel Ovingdean Grange are fictional, but the building (formerly the manor house) exists in the centre of this downland village, inland from Rottingdean and 2.5 miles (4 km) east of Brighton.

Patcham	20.78 acres (8.41 ha)	1970	This ancient downland village was extensively suburbanised in the interwar period, but the core of the village—around All Saints Church—remains intact.

Pembroke & Princes, Hove	54.74 acres (22.15 ha)	1989	Most of this area consists of large late Victorian and early Edwardian houses built during Hove's westward expansion. There is also some later housing, mainly of the 1920s and 1930s.

Portslade Old Village	34.21 acres (13.84 ha)	1974	Portslade sits in a valley west of Hove and has pre-medieval origins; the old village clusters around St Nicolas' Church and the ruined manor house.

Preston Park	214.47 acres (86.79 ha)	1970	This area consists of the extensive late-19th-century residential areas north and east of Preston Park: the park itself is part of the neighbouring Preston Village conservation area.

Preston Village	80.51 acres (32.58 ha)	1970	A small village with a manor house and church existed at the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Brighton.

Queen's Park	45.86 acres (18.56 ha)	1977	This large park east of Brighton was laid out in 1823 as Brighton Park. Town Clerk Thomas Attree bought it soon afterwards, rededicated it to Queen Adelaide and built a villa (demolished in the 1970s) on the edge.

Regency Square	79.69 acres (32.25 ha)	1973	Brighton expanded westwards from its historic centre in the early 19th century: developments such as Bedford (the earliest), Russell, Clarence and Regency Squares, Sillwood Place, Western Terrace and Cavendish Place were built for wealthy people attracted to the newly fashionable resort, and hotels (the Grand, Bedford and Norfolk) and entertainment venues followed.

Rottingdean	41.64 acres (16.85 ha)	1970	This Saxon village, in a valley behind the seafront east of Brighton, grew rich on agriculture and smuggling, and has dozens of large old houses (especially from the 17th and 18th centuries) around a village green with a pond and church.

Round Hill	29.78 acres (12.05 ha)	1977	This hill rises to 223 feet (68 m) and offers long views in all directions. Its terraced streets and landmark buildings are also visible from many other parts of Brighton.

Sackville Gardens, Hove	32.40 acres (13.11 ha)	1997	Three long north–south streets, built on allotment land in the late 19th century, and adjacent buildings on the main east–west routes through Hove, make up this small conservation area.

Stanmer	316.29 acres (128.00 ha)	1970	This rural downland settlement was called "the only one of Brighton's villages that is really a village" by Pevsner, and its 18th-century listed flint cottages, farm buildings, mansion and church (associated with the Pelham Baronetcy) retain their rural atmosphere despite being 3 miles (4.8 km) from the city centre.

The Avenues, Hove	55.78 acres (22.57 ha)	1985	Between Brunswick Town and Cliftonville was open space until the 1870s, when the Stanford family sold it for development. Five wide avenues, numbered First to Fourth with Grand Avenue at the centre, were soon laid out by James Knowles.

The Drive, Hove	7.86 acres (3.18 ha)	1977	The Grade I-listed All Saints Church, Hove's parish church, is at the centre of this conservation area, which also has large detached villas (mostly converted into flats) designed by William Willett in the 1880s.

Tongdean	33.61 acres (13.60 ha)	1989	This high-class Edwardian residential area is centred on Dyke Road Avenue—the old parish boundary between Brighton and Hove. Large detached houses with prominent chimneys and steep roofs are characteristic, and the expansive scale of the area is enhanced by big gardens (mostly walled) and wide pavements.

Valley Gardens, Brighton	92.84 acres (37.57 ha)	1977	The tall, mostly late-18th-century houses of Grand Parade surround the extensive open gardens which run alongside the main road to London along the bed of an ancient river.

West Hill	56.41 acres (22.83 ha)	1977	The steeply sloping hillside developed in two stages: terraced housing for the working- and lower-middle classes was built in the 1840s and 1850s, and detached villas followed two decades later when the parish workhouse moved to Race Hill, freeing up land.

Willett Estate, Hove	68.30 acres (27.64 ha)	1989	William Willett, a builder and inventor, was responsible for the houses around All Saints Church in central Hove. "Willett-built" was considered a mark of quality, and his pale gault-brick houses—detached, semi-detached and terraced—were regarded as solidly built, well-proportioned and attractively decorated with mouldings.

Woodland Drive, West Blatchington	27.62 acres (11.18 ha)	1996	This 1930s residential area was laid out by a single developer, William T. Bostock, which has ensured uniformity of design despite his use of various architects and contractors.

Sentence(s)

In 1977, 29.78 acres (12.05 ha) of Round Hill was designated as a conservation area in Brighton and Hove.

final_sentence: In 1977, 29.78 acres (12.05 ha) of Round Hill was designated as a conservation area in Brighton and Hove.