Royal Crescent, Marine Parade, Brighton, East Sussex BN2

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Illustration by Andrew Cadey

Royal Crescent forms a shallow crescent shape of 14 terraced houses on a generally east–west layout behind Marine Parade on Brighton’s seafront.

It was built by a wealthy merchant in the late 18th and early 19th century as a speculative development on the open cliffs east of Brighton. It was the seaside resort's first planned architectural composition and the first built intentionally to face the sea.

Each four-storey house has a common stylistic theme, There is a first-floor veranda with curved metal roofs, cast iron railings and bracketed supports. The whole terrace has a timber-framed façade with brick nogging infill and covered with black glazed mathematical tiles. These were laid in an interlocking pattern to mimic brick, and were frequently used in Brighton in the late 18th century. The glazing produced an iridescent effect which reflected sunlight in a visually pleasing way, and also coped better than bricks with sea-spray and other weathering effects.

Limited first edition print run of 20

Illustration by Andrew Cadey

Royal Crescent forms a shallow crescent shape of 14 terraced houses on a generally east–west layout behind Marine Parade on Brighton’s seafront.

It was built by a wealthy merchant in the late 18th and early 19th century as a speculative development on the open cliffs east of Brighton. It was the seaside resort's first planned architectural composition and the first built intentionally to face the sea.

Each four-storey house has a common stylistic theme, There is a first-floor veranda with curved metal roofs, cast iron railings and bracketed supports. The whole terrace has a timber-framed façade with brick nogging infill and covered with black glazed mathematical tiles. These were laid in an interlocking pattern to mimic brick, and were frequently used in Brighton in the late 18th century. The glazing produced an iridescent effect which reflected sunlight in a visually pleasing way, and also coped better than bricks with sea-spray and other weathering effects.

Limited first edition print run of 20

Product Details

Print: Printed on 240gsm Alpha Cellulose paper with a clean white base and a smooth matt surface and acid free. (Titled, signed and numbered in pencil on the reverse)

Mount: High quality ‘ice white’ picture mount with precision cut bevelled edge and a card backing board with printed label. All card is acid free, conservation quality white core, ph neutral board 1.4mm thick