between Marlborough Place and Jubilee Street
There is a separate page about the site occupied in 2018 by Carluccio’s Restaurant, formerly the Central National School, on the corner of Church Street and Jubilee Street. Click here to view.
James Gray: Another view looking up Church Street. jgc_ 25_075
2018: The former undertaker’s offices and chapel of Attree and Kent have become a print and design studio. The hearse entrance has become a small gated residential community named Pavilion Mews. The Black Horse pub still thrives. (Photographer: Nick Pannett)
James Gray: [One of] four photographs, taken at various times, during the destruction – one can use no other word – of this old Regency Gothic style building [the Central National School] early in 1971. [See also Church Street (1A) page] jgc_25_089
2018: From 1862 until 1881, the cobble-fronted cottage at No 111, in the foreground, was a ‘ladies wardrobe outlet’. Then it was Yule & Son, a boot repair shop trading until the 1960s. The James Gray photo shows a secondhand record shop which traded from the late sixties until the early eighties. The cottage was restored in 1986. (Photographer: Denise Taylor)
James Gray: Photograph of this old school, the second oldest in Brighton, only Middle Street (1805) being older. The National Central School was built in 1829 and opened in the following year. Built in Regency Gothic style, it remained in continuous use for 137 years until 1967. For a short while afterwards it was used as an overflow for other schools. Finally it was demolished for street widening early in 1971. Date of photograph: 9 February 1964. jgc_ 25_080
James Gray: This photograph shows the National Central School in Church Street, in its last dilapidated days shortly before its demolition in 1971. jgc_ 25_085
2018: None of these buildings, 105 to 108 Church Street, now exist: they were demolished in 1971. The area was used as a car park until redevelopment in 1998. New Road and Jubilee Street, which previously did not align, now do. (Photographer: Chris Nichols)
James Gray: Seen here in 1937/8, this was erected about 1873, by Dr. Frederick. J. Money who lived here, although part of the building, in Marlborough Place, was occupied as Kendrick House School. Before long it had become a boarding house, and then for many years, an hotel. From 1968 onwards it has been occupied by BBC Radio Brighton. jgc_30_080
James Gray: The eastern end of Church Street in November 1972, when the corner building at the junction with Marlborough Place was the headquarters of Radio Brighton. I recall with pleasure the many times I mounted those steps on my way to give a talk on the history and development of Brighton. Structurally the buildings look almost the same today, 25 years on. jgc_25_098
James Gray: Miscellaneous photographs of the period 1897-1910. Church Street. jgc_30_016
2018: This view of Church Street hasn’t altered much since the start of the 20th century but there have been a few changes. The pavement today is much wider and the road much narrower and, since 1976, traffic is one-way. Today (2018) the most easterly arch shown still has a sign ‘MUSEUM AND ART GALLERIES’ over the lower part but the entrance has been blocked up and there is now a three-panelled window similar in style and height to those on either side of it. Near the top of this arch there is still a clock but it looks to be a more modern design than the original.
James Gray: Note the empty space which preceded the present library buildings. Additional Information: Entrances to Pavilion grounds from Church Street. jgc_30_018
2018: The museum and art gallery rather than the library was housed in the buildings closest to the ’empty space’ mentioned by James Gray – and, of course, the library is now in Jubilee Street.
James Gray: Trams at the earlier Pavilion terminus. The date on the original was 18 October 1904, but the photograph may have been taken before that. jgc_10_065
2018: Looking west along Church Street opposite North Gate at the junction of Marlborough Place. The building on the right is St Giles Language School. The tram terminus is long gone. (Photographer: Jane Jordan)
James Gray: Another rooftop view giving a glimpse of Church Street, with Grand Parade and Edward Street beyond. Probably taken from the same time as that photograph seen on the previous page. Period the early 1960s. jgc_25_086
2018: The other photograph that James Gray refers to is probably jgc_25_084 on Church Street (2). The Google aerial view shows more of Church Street than the original rooftop view and, while not extending as far as Grand Parade, does show the dome of the museum and art gallery, the north gate of the Royal Pavilion and the end of Church Street as it leads into Marlborough Place. (Image: Google)