The Prince Albert Public House

BRIGHTON

TQ3104NW TRAFALGAR STREET 577-1/33/913 (South side) 20/08/71 No.48 The Prince Albert Public House

II

Public house. c1845. Stucco, roof obscured by parapet. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 3-window range and double-fronted. Flat-arched entrance with pilasters and entablature; ground and first floors originally flanked by giant pilasters, the outer pair with palmette ornament to the capitals, the inner Ionic; on the left-hand side these pilasters are intact and the ground-floor window has its original form, flat-arched with pilasters and entablature; but alterations were made on the right-hand side, probably in the late C19: broad, flat-arched window with quadrant corners, framed by rusticated pilasters and cornice which displace the lower part of the original pilasters. The first-floor windows are round-arched with pilasters, archivolt, and console as keystone; broad entablature with dentil cornice; attic storey; secondary cornice; first- and second-floor windows have sashes of original design; parapet, stepped up to centre and with its own cornice; side stacks; the late C19 ground-floor treatment is returned in Frederick Place with 2 flat-arched entrances. INTERIOR: the interior has dados of tongue-and-groove boarding to the ground floor, and a dogleg staircase with turned newel, stick balusters and open string.

Listing NGR: TQ3104204859