North Laine

Robert Street to Tidy Street

Reproduced with permission from the Encyclopaedia of Brighton by Tim Carder, 1990

Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990.  As a result, some of the content may not reflect recent research, changes and events.

p) ROBERT STREET : Now dominated by the premises of the Evening Argus, but there remains an impressive terrace on the opposite side. Breaking the line of the terrace at nos.16-17 is the former Jireh Chapel, opened in 1846 as a Calvinistic chapel. The second floor was added at a later date, but it closed in about 1902 and became a furniture warehouse; it is due to be converted to flats. {62,123}

q) SYDNEY STREET : A busy shopping street, developed around 1850. No.36 has Ionic pilasters.

r) TIDY STREET : Dating from around 1840, the terraced nos.1-27 and 31-52 are included on the council's local list; nos.7-27, 30-33 and 38-46 have Ionic pilasters and fanlight doorways. {83}

Any numerical cross-references in the text above refer to resources in the Sources and Bibliography section of the Encyclopaedia of Brighton by Tim Carder.