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Upper Park Place, BRIGHTON, BN2 0GU

The flats date from the mid 1960s and were originally the rebuilt Red Lion public house which closed around ten years ago. The original pub opened in the 1850s and was rebuilt when the area was largely cleared of housing, see http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume24/source/jg_24_150.html for a view of the former pub building.

Tucked away on the corner of Marine View and Park Road Terrace is one of the few manufacturing centres left in the centre of the city. The Zylo Works were established by Malby & Co formed 1810, a London firm, after the First World War to manufacturer nameplates. The works were extended during the 1930s and became the headquarters of the firm during the Second World War when they moved all production here to escape the blitz. During the conflict they made items for aircraft and maintained close links with the aerospace industry after. Still producing nameplates today under the London Name Plate Company and still run by the same family. The factory was one of the few buildings to survive along with the terrace to the right when the area bounded by St John's Place, Carlton Hill, Upper Park Place and Sussex Street was cleared of slum housing in the 1960s. Carlton Place, whose nameplate can be seen in the foreground was one of the streets completely demolished and replaced with flats truncating the street in the process.

Dated 1890. Viewed from the south.

Head east along Carlton Hill then north up Upper Park Place then east along the remainder of Queens Park Road until the junction with Egremont Place. This is one of two gates constructed as entrances to Queens Park. The other is in the next grid square a few hundred metres to the east. Designed by Charles Barry (St Peters Church and Houses of Parliament) in 1829 and rebuilt in 1890 after the park became public. Click on the link to take you to the next page. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/232050

Located on the corner of Marine View is the former Devonshire public house which closed around 2008, the last of the pubs in Carlton Hill which once numbered fifteen. The original pub dates from the 1840s but was rebuilt during the 1930s.

Head east down Sussex Street the south down Queens Park Road then west along Park Road Terrace. A survivor of the slum clearances in this area which had started in the 1930s but only completed in the 1960s. The houses to the right are the only other survivors. Click on the link to take you to the next page. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/232043

An arched gate was placed at the entrance to the park from Egremont Place when Thomas Attree opened the original park in 1829. It was rebuilt in 1890 with the name of the Race Stand Trustees, the group who purchased the park for public use, added along the top. Today the gate acts as an entrance to West Drive which was developed with housing in the first decade of the 20th century. One of two, see also Image

Location: Egremont Gate, Queen's Park Sponsor: Wild in Art Designer: Sarah Jane Richards The design contains a number of winter plants though nothing to really link it with Brighton. [Update 6 December - auctioned for £4,800] The snowdogs by the sea is a public art trail that will take place from 24 September to 27 November 2016 across Brighton involving 45 decorated snow dog sculptures 1.5m high that are placed around various parts of the city (Except number 45 which will be located on Platform 17 at Victoria Station in London). They are based on the story of 'The Snowman and the Snowdog' the follow up to The Snowman by Raymond Briggs. Briggs at least has some association with the city having taught at the Brighton School of Art, that later became part of Brighton Polytechnic, from 1961-86. He currently resides at Westmeston a small village located along the spring line of the South Downs about seven miles north of the city centre. The trail is co-ordinated by and will raise funds for the Martlets Hospice a local charity with each dog sponsored by a local business, agency or celebrity. At the beginning of December each dog will be auctioned off along with a set of snow puppies, smaller sculptures, that have been decorated by local schools and placed in museums and libraries [Update - Auction raised £337,000 on 6 December 2016]. For the other dogs see: Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image #33 - Winter Lily Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image