Former Phoenix Brewery Office is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1999. Brewery office. 3 related planning applications.

Former Phoenix Brewery Office

WRENN ID
standing-bracket-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 April 1999
Type
Brewery office
Address
Former Phoenix Brewery Office, Phoenix Place, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN2 9ND
OS grid reference
TQ 315 049
Coordinates
50.82891, -0.13328
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Phoenix Brewery Office, dated 1893, is a brewery office that may have originally served as a public house. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with dressings of gauged brick and terracotta, and features a slate roof.

The building stands two storeys high and has five windows on its main north front. The facade is treated continuously on three sides, facing Phoenix Place to the east and north, and Albion Street to the west, with chamfered corners. All openings are round-arched, featuring heads and keystones made of gauged red brick. The principal entrance, located at the north-west corner, is highlighted by an architrave of moulded brick and an acanthus keystone, with spandrels decorated with the Tamplin's Brewery Company monogram. Above the entrance, there is a panel displaying the date 1893, surrounded by garlands and strapwork.

The ground floor is divided into bays by blocked pilasters, has a panelled plinth, and features a continuous terracotta sill-band, except at the entrances. The east front has a fascia lettered 'PHOENIX BREWERY', while the north-east corner displays 'FOUNDED 1821' in garlands and strapwork. The north front includes 'TAMPLINS BREWERY COMPY LTD' and the date, while the west front has 'PHOENIX BREWERY'. A moulded terracotta cornice runs along the top of the ground floor, and the first floor mirrors this treatment with blocked pilasters, round-arched windows, an entablature, and a terracotta cornice. A pediment above the three central windows on the north front features a phoenix modelled in relief. The building has a hipped roof with corniced stacks.

Inside, the original mahogany lobby is located at the north-west entrance. The principal room on the first floor retains original architraves and panelled doors, a plaster frieze of arabesques, and a decorative plaster ceiling. The building was vacant at the time of the survey.

Local climate

Former Phoenix Brewery Office receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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