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Latitude: 50.8235 / 50°49'24"N
Longitude: -0.1271 / 0°7'37"W
OS Eastings: 532013
OS Northings: 104329
OS Grid: TQ320043
Mapcode National: GBR JP4.BPD
Mapcode Global: FRA B6MX.G9R
Plus Code: 9C2XRVFF+95
Entry Name: The Royal Spa
Listing Date: 13 October 1952
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1380699
English Heritage Legacy ID: 481023
ID on this website: 101380699
Location: Brighton, Brighton and Hove, West Sussex, BN2
County: The City of Brighton and Hove
Electoral Ward/Division: Queen's Park
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Brighton and Hove
Traditional County: Sussex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Sussex
Church of England Parish: Kemp Town St Mary the Virgin
Church of England Diocese: Chichester
Tagged with: Architectural structure
TQ3204SW
577-1/42/650
13/10/52
BRIGHTON
PARK HILL
(North side)
The Royal Spa
GV
II
Ruins of the German Spa, called "Royal" after a royal warrant
was obtained in 1835. Built in 1825 by the architect Lorraine
for Dr. FA Struve, who had opened spas in Berlin, Dresden and
Leipzig. Although the pump room was closed in the 1850s, the
building was used for the manufacture and bottling of mineral
water until 1965. The pump room demolished in the early 1970s
except for the north wall and portico; ruins restored by TR
Williams in 1978 when the Royal Spa Nursery School built to
the west. Stucco. Greek Revival style.
Portico of 6 fluted Ionic columns standing on a paved terrace;
entablature and parapet which rises to crest over the centre
bay and must once have born an inscription. Plain lintel
between the portico and its responds, unfluted Ionic
pilasters, which are set on the former north wall. 5
round-arched openings with architraves in this wall: the end
bays are doorways; the centre are windows with projecting
sills and spandrels. The wall is slightly wider than the
portico, and returns to a left-rear corner; the right returns
for only 2 metres. The former interior wall to the west has a
recessed panel in the form of a Venetian window.
(Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-: 138B).
Listing NGR: TQ3201304329
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