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Our heritage

Historical overview of Brighton and Hove's heritage
Read about Brighton and Hove’s built heritage in the Regency and Victorian periods and the twentieth century.

An important building at serious risk
Nick Tyson explains why we should all be worried about more damage to Marlborough House, the most important historic building in Brighton after the Royal Pavilion

Learning from our past
Can we learn from our history to inform our future? David Robson considers models from the past which might help when we think about the housing crisis today.

Some less well known sites of historic interest in Brighton and Hove
Constable’s Brighton home

St Stephens in Montpelier Place: two tales of a building with a chequered history including a move, brick by brick, across Brighton

The Hanover Chapel and burial ground

Lesson in designing war memorials: a tale of two in Hove and Lewes

Meet Brighton’s most prolific house builder

Pierless Hove

The Segal method: a lesson in sustainable communities
Kate Jordan considers the recent revival of interest in the self-build movement, including two Walter Segal sites in Brighton. 

Our Regency Society Heritage
Our founding fathers: read about the early history of the Regency Society

Antony Dale (our founder)

The relationship between the Royal Pavilion and the Regency Society

Links to other amenity and civic societies and sources of information about our built heritage