Brighton General Hospital, Arundel Building

The Arundel Building, part of Brighton General Hospital, is a former workhouse and infirmary constructed between 1865 and 1867. Designed by George Maynard for the Board of Guardians of the Parish of Brighton, it is built of stucco with a slate roof.

The building is four storeys high with a basement, featuring a long, symmetrical facade facing Elm Grove, arranged as a central three-window range flanked by slightly projecting, pedimented wings of three windows each, followed by an eleven-window range and pavilions of three windows each. The original sash windows remain largely intact, with the exception of one altered window on the third floor of the central section.

The central section exhibits banded rustication on the ground floor, a flat-arched altered entrance, and segmental-arched windows flanking it. The first-floor central window has a segmental arch with architraves and fluted pilasters, linked by a springing band, with round-arched windows on either side. The second-floor central window is tripartite with engaged columns, an entablature, and a central pediment, flanked by flat-arched windows. The third-floor central window is also tripartite, with a flat-arched window to the left that has been altered. A two-stage square tower rises above the central window, featuring clocks on all four sides and console brackets at the corners on the clock stage, and a lantern stage with round-arched louvres and a convex lead roof.

The wings either side of the central section have banded rustication on the ground floor, segmental-arched ground-floor windows, and rusticated strips acting as quoins. First and second-floor windows are round-arched with springing bands and archivolts, while second and third-floor windows are flat-arched. A bracketed cornice supports the pediment, which includes Brighton dolphins in the tympanum. The long wings have flat-arched ground-floor windows, some with blocked architraves and segmental pediments, suggesting former doorways. The central windows of the first floor are segmental-arched with a storey band, while the second and third floors have flat-arched windows. The pavilions mirror the wings, creating an a b a c a b pattern.

The interior of the building was not inspected during the listing process.

Historically, this building marked the initial phase of the workhouse and infirmary complex. Additional infirmary blocks facing Pankhurst Avenue were added in 1891. The buildings ceased use as a workhouse in 1930 and were later taken over by Brighton Municipal Hospital in 1935.