The Royal Sovereign Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Public house. 7 related planning applications.

The Royal Sovereign Hotel

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 October 1952
Type
Public house
Address
The Royal Sovereign Hotel, 66, Preston Street, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN1 2HE
OS grid reference
TQ 303 043
Coordinates
50.82364, -0.15077
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Royal Sovereign Hotel is a terraced house that has been converted into a public house. It was built in the early 19th century, with a single-storey addition added to the south in the late 19th century. The exterior is finished in stucco, and the roof is made of slate.

The building stands three storeys tall over a basement and features a three-window range, with the original structure being double-fronted. There is a flat-arched entrance situated between Doric pilasters, topped with a modillion cornice that has been damaged. Full-height segmental bays flank the entrance, each containing tripartite windows; there is one central window on each floor, with the first-floor window being blind. The building is finished with a cornice and blocking course.

The single-storey wing to the south has a stepped, round-arched, three-bay arcade facing Preston Street, as well as a front section in Regent Mews. This arcade is formed by panelled pilasters that support archivolts connected by a springing band, with scrolling ornament filling the spandrels. The entrance is located in the right-hand bay, and there is a fascia supported by console brackets with triglyphs at either end, along with a cornice. The parapet features a central curved pediment flanked by scrolled consoles. The springing band continues into Regent Mews, linking two round-arched windows to the east. The original design of the sash windows is preserved on both the front and rear elevations of the early 19th-century building. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Royal Sovereign Hotel receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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