The Cricketers Arms Hotel And Attached Iron Chain And Sign

The Cricketers Arms Hotel is a hotel and public house located on Black Lion Street in Brighton. Although the exterior is dated 1886, the building likely originates from the late 17th century, with additions made in 1790 when it was renamed "The Cricketers," and further alterations in 1824. The structure features stucco, painted cobbles, and painted brick dressings, with lacing courses on the stable block to the north, while the left return of the hotel is constructed in Flemish bond brick. The roof is obscured by a parapet.

The hotel stands three storeys over a basement and has a two-window range. The stable, which also has three storeys, is smaller in scale and has a one-window range. The entrance to the public house is located in the left block, accessed through a segmental-arched opening, flanked by two segmental-arched windows. The ground floor is from 1886, while the upper floors date to 1824. Above the entrance, there are two full-height bays with flat-arched, tripartite windows, and a blocked, camber-arched window is situated between the bays on the second floor. There are chimney stacks on the end and party walls. The public house has expanded into the ground floor of the stable block, which dates to the late 18th century, and retains its original segmental-arched carriage entrance.

This area, known as the "Green Yard," was used as an animal pound until as late as 1882. The building features a brick lacing course between the ground and first floors, as well as between the first floor and the gabled second floor. Additionally, there is a brick lintel band above the triple windows on the first floor. The single window on the second floor is adjacent to the brick coping of the truncated gable.

Inside, the pub retains many original fittings from 1886. Outside the entrance to the former stable doors, the original securing chain is still in place, along with a list of stable charges attached to the wall.