The Montpelier Inn And Attached Railings

The Montpelier Inn, originally a terrace of houses, dates from around 1830. It is located on Montpelier Place in Brighton and later extends to Borough Street. The eastern part of the building is faced with stucco scored to resemble ashlar, while the remainder is roughcast, contained within panels of smooth stucco, with the roof hidden behind a parapet.

The building appears as three segments, potentially originally intended for three houses, or one house on the east and a double-fronted house or public house on the west. The principal entrance is within a single-storey, wooden, segmental bay with panelled pilasters and moulded double doors. A subsidiary entrance is present on the easternmost part, with alterations to the ground floor likely from the late 20th century. The other bays have two flat-arched windows to each floor, featuring original 6/6 sash windows. A broad panel of smooth stucco is located between the central and western bays at first-floor level, topped by a cornice and blocking course. The Borough Street elevation has flat-arched windows to all floors, with gilded and engraved glass of around 1900 in the ground-floor window. Stucco framing exists at first-floor level which is now blank. Cornice piers are flanked by low walls with cast-iron railings featuring spearhead finials to the outer bays.

The interior contains a late 19th or early 20th century bar front and a Lincrusta ceiling in the western part. The bar facing Borough Street is panelled with an inter-war design and features a fireplace of mildly Modernist style.