The Pump House Tavern

BRIGHTON

TQ3104SW MARKET STREET 577-1/64/492 (West side) 20/08/71 Nos.44, 45 AND 46 The Pump House Tavern

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Houses, now shops and a tavern, the whole known as "The Pump House". Late C18 or early C19 fronting of a building which may be earlier; restored since 1980. Mathematical tile, stucco to short right return. Roof of tile. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys over basement. One window each. The ground floor of each has a full-width, segmental-bay shop front. The original glazing bars and spandrels of each removed in a recent restoration. Tuscan pilasters frame each bay and support an entablature with modillioned cornice which is continuous across all 3 shops. There is tripartite, first-floor window to each, that to No.44 being a reproduction of an original late C18 or early C19 design. All openings are flat arched. Low parapet with metal coping. One roof dormer to each. Single entrance to return. The stack to left wall of No.44 is brick and has been much rebuilt in the late C20. Another stack in the end wall of No.46 with parapet wall stretching to rear half of building. INTERIOR: not inspected. The name was applied to a building on this site at least as early as 1776 and may derive from the town well which stood not far away on the Knab, now known as Brighton Place. (Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-: 115E AND 115M).

Listing NGR: TQ3109604087