Adelaide Crescent
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Adelaide Crescent is a mid-19th-century residential development in Hove, part of the English city and seaside resort of Brighton and Hove. Conceived as an ambitious attempt to rival the large, high-cl
The east side of the crescent
The gardens of Adelaide Crescent merge into those of Palmeira Square—the site of the ill-fated Anthaeum.
Lamp-posts similar to this were installed in the late 19th century.
Widening Kingsway would have necessitated destroying part of Hove Lawns (foreground) or demolishing Adelaide Crescent's ramps (midground). Adelaide Mansions are pictured on the far left; on the far right, the crescent links to Palmeira Square.
Amon Henry Wilds
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Amon Henry Wilds was an English architect. He was part of a team of three architects and builders who—working together or independently at different times—were almost solely responsible for a surge in
The Western Pavilion, built by Amon Henry Wilds as his Brighton home
Wilds used ammonite capitals, as shown here at Montpelier Crescent.
The west side of Oriental Place
Brighton Unitarian Church