Brunswick (Hove)

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Brunswick Terrace on the Hove seafront
Typical entrance to a Brunswick Terrace apartment

Brunswick is a fashionable residential area built in 1820 on the beach of the English Channel in the eastern part of the city of Hove , England . The residential area is divided into Brunswick Square and the beach promenade Brunswick Terrace and previously had its own police force, a riding school and a theater. The area is particularly known for its buildings in the classical Regency architectural style.

history

Originally the area was part of the "Wick Farm". In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, nearby Brighton became a magnet for British high society. After a comparable residential area with Kempt Town had already been successfully built there in the 1820s, the architect Charles Busby began in 1824 with a similar building project in the far east of Hove and adjacent to Brighton. Construction of the apartments began in 1825. The name Brunswick probably referred to the House of Brunswick. The House of Hanover was known under this term for a time , which at that time provided the British King with George IV .

The residential complex was equipped with a market, which opened in 1828 and was financed by the architect Busby himself. Due to the lack of success, the market was converted into a riding school in the 1840s. Today the building houses a theater. In the late 1990s, Brunswick Square was closed to traffic. The area was transformed from a thoroughfare into a purely residential area.

Known residents

Both Brunswick Square and Brunswick Terrace had a number of well-known residents:

Culture and sights

The former home at No. 13 on Brunswick Square is now used as a museum to depict life in the Regency period. Once a year, the so-called Brunswick Festival is held in Brunswick Square. The old market, built in 1828, was renovated in 1999 and is now used as a theater.

politics

Brunswick is now part of the Brunswick & Adelaide borough.

swell

  1. ^ Brunswick Town , by Judy Middleton, 2001.

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