The Market Inn

The Market Inn is a public house located on Market Street in Brighton. It was originally built as a pair of terraced houses in the early 19th century and has undergone extensions and conversions into a hotel and then a public house in the 20th century.

The building stands four storeys high over a basement, featuring a two-window range. The ground floor is finished in 20th-century glazed brick, while the upper floors are constructed of brick in header bond, with the first floor painted. The right side of the building is faced with stucco cement. The roof, which has two spans, is mostly hidden by a low parapet and the irregular street layout below.

There are two round-arched entrances on the ground floor; the central entrance has a 19th-century fanlight, while the left entrance is blocked. Both entrances are framed with glazed brick architraves. To either side of the central entrance, there is a window, and all windows are flat arched. A glazed brick tile band separates the ground and first floors.

On the first floor, there are two segmental bays, each featuring tripartite windows with sashes designed in the original 19th-century style: the center window has six panes by six panes, while the side windows have four panes by four panes. Each bay is topped with an entablature and a projecting cornice. The second- and third-floor windows have deep reveals, projecting sills, and sashes of an early 19th-century design: the second-floor windows have eight panes by eight panes, and the third-floor windows have four panes by eight panes. The parapet is capped with coping.

The interior has not been inspected. Historically, the Market Inn was known as The Golden Fleece until it changed its name in 1990. It was also previously called The 3 Chimneys, as the owner was reputed to be the chimneysweep for the Prince of Wales.