The Cricketers Arms Hotel And Attached Iron Chain And Sign

BRIGHTON

TQ3104SW BLACK LION STREET 577-1/64/52 (West side) 13/10/52 The Cricketer's Arms Hotel and attached iron chain and sign

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Hotel and public house. Although the outside is dated 1886, the building probably dates from the late C17, added to in 1790, when it was renamed "The Cricketers", and again in 1824. Stucco; painted cobbles with painted brick dressings and lacing courses to the stable block on the north; brick in Flemish bond to left return of hotel. Roof obscured by parapet. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys over basement. 2-window range. Stable also has 3 storeys, but it is on a much smaller scale than the other block, its front wall set slightly back; one-window range. Entrance to public house in left block through a segmental-arched opening with one segmental-arched window to either side. The ground floor dates to 1886; the upper floors to 1824. Above are a pair of 2-storey, full-height bays, the windows of which are flat-arched and tripartite. On the second floor between the bays is one blocked, camber-arched window. Stacks to end and party walls. The public house has been expanded into the ground floor of the stable block to the north which dates to the late C18. The original carriage entrance is segmental arched. This area, called the "Green Yard" was used as an animal pound as late as 1882; there is brick lacing course between the ground and first floors and between first floor and gabled second floor. There is, in addition, a brick lintel band to the triple windows of the first floor. The single window of the second floor abuts the brick coping of the brick gable, which is truncated. Stacks to party wall. INTERIOR: the pub interior dates to 1886 and retains many original fittings. Outside the entrance of the former stable doors is its original securing chain. Attached to the wall are a list of stable charges. (Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-: 115C).

Listing NGR: TQ3101404065