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Royal Pavilion (Brighton)

 
Description: 4-5 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1EE. Tel: +44 (0)1273 292 822. Fax: +44 (0)1273 292 821. Open Daily ... more
Royal Pavilion (Brighton) ... (except 25 & 26 December). June-September:10am-6pm, October-May:10am-5pm / Former royal residence. The Royal Pavilion grew over 35 years from a simple farmhouse to a spectacular palace. In 1787 Henry Holland extended the original farmhouse into a neo-classical building know as the 'Marine Pavilion'. From 1815-1823 John Nash used new technology to transform the Pavilion into the Indian style building that exists today. He enlarged the building and added the domes and minarets that characterise his design by superimposing a cast iron framework over Holland's Marine Pavilion. Other features of Nash's design were less successful: within 10 years the roof had started to leak and concealed drainpipes were overflowing and causing dry rot. After many years of neglect, a programme of restoration began in 1982.

Newest Review: ... I looked on the place as a completely inappropriate blot on the landscape but somewhat in tune with the rather brash and gaudy image the town had at that time. But, as the years have passed, I have grown to love it. In its perfect symmetry with its array Indian-inspired domes. cubes, minarets and spires and delicate stonework, carved with such intricacy that in parts it resembles lacework, ... more

 ... it’s a picturesque, exotic but accessible gem in the heart of a busy metropolis If you are lucky enough to see it illuminated at night particularly from the gardens (which are now a public park and thoroughfare where, quite often, a lone saxophonist ...more

skidd
Crowned Review Royal Pavilion (Brighton): Prinny's Pleasure Dome - Brighton's Best (3731 words)
by skidd - written on 29/07/07 (Very useful, 197 readings)
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The Royal Pavilion sits comfortably in the heart of Brighton presiding over its surroundings like an elderly and eccentric uncle at a gathering in his honour. In unconventional attire, with a benign countenance and serene demeanour which belies it’s chequered past, it silently surveys the busy metropolis around. Brighton citizens and its many visitors mill around, some casting fond glances in its direction, others viewing the ‘inappropriate’ apparel with mildly critical distaste but most feeling some interest in the tales it can tell of its illustrious and notorious past combined with a respect for its longevity, having survived against all the ...

Richada
Crowned Review THE JEWEL IN BRIGHTON'S CROWN (3219 words)
by Richada - written on 14/11/05 (Very useful, 372 readings)
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HISTORY Why you are asking, would I leave this, the undoubted jewel in Brighton's crown for so long before writing a review about it? Well, for a start I needed a refresher, it is just over a year since I last visited the Royal Pavilion, on that occasion with my (then) 10 year old sister in law and a Polish friend of my wife's. It was my second visit in four years. Mrs R. on the other hand has managed to sneak an annual tour over the last four years. There always seems to be someone around to show off this, the pride of our towns' heritage, to. My wife's "love affair" with this building began just before Christmas 2000. She was living at ...

shadowhawk
Crowned Review Royal Pavilion (Brighton): ROYAL PAVILION - GUIDE (2012 words)
by shadowhawk - written on 23/05/01 (Very useful, 312 readings)
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Ok this is all about if you're interested in the Royal Pavilion if you are thinking about going i would advise that you do it before you die such a gorgeous place, and you can even get married there (hope my girl dont read that, put ideas in her head) The Pavilion was done in a Romantic Movement style. This was against his strict rich up bringing. And also against the Neo-Classical movement, which was about bringing ideas by the Romans and Greeks back to life. It was about maths, shapes, and symmetry. The Romantic Movement was about having fun and enjoying life. This got started by Louis IX when he played the exterior is in an Indian style, they have ...

 

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