The Quadrant Public House

The Quadrant Public House is a public house located on North Street in Brighton, built in the mid-19th century with some alterations from the late 19th century. The building is constructed of stucco, and its roof is obscured by a parapet.

The exterior features four storeys and two windows. The ground floor pub front, dating from around 1900, includes composite pilasters made of grey granite that support a fascia with a modillion cornice and console stops. To the left, there is a flat-arched entrance that is set back, featuring side-lights, an overlight, and an original panelled and glazed door. The left side wall of the porch is adorned with glazed, moulded, and coloured tiles, and there is a wrought-iron screen over the porch. Additionally, there are two flat-arched entrances at the north corner, both with original panelled doors. The windows have early 20th-century glazing in the lower part but lack engraved or decorative glass. The upper storey is characterized by rusticated pilaster strips and canted bays on three floors, with a sill band on the second and third floors, a modified cornice, and a parapet, along with a side stack.

Inside, the pub retains some late 19th-century or early 20th-century fittings in the lower bar, including a curved bar front. The bar back features an unusual central arch with scrolled brackets and an ornate pediment above, with mirror panels on either side flanked by fluted Ionic columns that support bowed entablatures and mirror glass in the toplights. There is a late 19th-century fireplace situated between the bar front and the stairs, and a panelled and bowed screen leading to the stairs, which has a fluted tapering column supporting a round arch with pierced spandrels. The staircase screen includes two excellent curved and round-arched engraved glass panels, one of which is a replacement.