List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: TOWER AND ATTACHED WALLS IN TARNER RECREATION GROUND
List Entry Number: 1380982
Location
TOWER AND ATTACHED WALLS IN TARNER RECREATION GROUND, SUSSEX STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: The City of Brighton and Hove
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Non Civil Parish
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 20-Aug-1971
Date of most recent amendment: 26-Aug-1999
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 481325
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List Entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
BRIGHTON
TQ3104SE SUSSEX STREET
577-1/41/886 (South side)
20/08/71 Tower and attached walls in Tarner
Recreation Ground
(Formerly Listed as:
SUSSEX STREET
Ornamental Tower in the Blaker
Recreation Ground)
II
Lookout tower. Mid C19. Said to have been built by the
merchant Edwin Tarner so that he could sight ships coming into
port across the Channel. Knapped and squared flint with brick
dressings. Roof obscured by parapet. 2 cylindrical stages, the
top setting back to form a walkway. Segmental-arched brick
openings with brick jambs on the cardinal points of both
stages; top stage has 2 continuous brick lacing courses. Brick
and stone coping to bottom stage; brick coping to top stage.
Tower straddles terrace walling of cobble and brick, which is
included in this listing. Originally these grounds were part
of the Tarner House grounds, No.1 Tilbury Place (qv).
(Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-: 30B).
Listing NGR: TQ3173804461
Selected Sources
Books and journalsCarder, T, Encyclopaedia of Brighton, (1990), 30B
Map
National Grid Reference: TQ 31738 04461
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