The Queen's Hotel was built in 1846 on the site of the Dolphin Inn; this original section still has an Ionic doorway facing the sea. In 1908 it absorbed the adjoining Markwell's Hotel, which had been built in 1870 on the site of Mahomed's Baths, which opened in 1786 as the first Turkish baths in the United Kingdom. A Royal coat of arms is visible on the roof between the two chimneys.

Image reproduced with kind permission from Brighton and Hove in Pictures by Brighton and Hove City Council