Royal Pavilion Tavern And Attached Railings

The Royal Pavilion Tavern, now a public house, is a terraced house originally built in the early 19th century and later enlarged in the late 19th or early 20th century. It is located at 7-8 Castle Square, which was previously known as Castle Square 5-7.

The building is constructed of stucco with polished granite trim and features a gambrel roof covered in slate. It stands four storeys tall with a dormer over a basement and has a three-window range. The facade is designed as a full-height and nearly full-width segmental bay. A segmental-arched entrance from the late 19th or early 20th century is set against the right party wall, framed by polished granite pilasters that support heavy floral brackets. All windows are flat arched, with the two to the left of the entrance featuring projecting sills and recessed spandrels. The ground floor displays banded rustication.

French doors on the first floor open onto a balcony that is enclosed by late 19th-century cast-iron railings. The first-floor windows have architraves, while each second-floor window is adorned with a cast-iron balconette featuring heart and anthemion patterns. The third-floor windows have projecting sills, and there are storey bands between the first and second, as well as the second and third floors. The third floor is topped with a projecting cornice and a balustraded parapet. The roof includes two flat-arched dormers, and there are stacks on the party wall.

The interior has not been inspected. The building is noted for its architectural interest as an early 19th-century terraced house that reflects the development of Brighton as a seaside resort, as well as its historic significance for its contribution to the townscape of Castle Square, the late 18th-century commercial centre of Brighton.