Henry Phillips was a botanist, horticultural writer and landscape gardener from the seaside resort of Brighton in England. After spending time as a banker and teacher in London and Sussex, he came to
Phillips laid out the Kemp Town Enclosures in 1828.
Phillips' Athenaeum scheme of 1825 was not executed, but the associated Oriental Place development (west side pictured) went ahead.
The gardens of Palmeira Square now occupy the site of the ill-fated Anthaeum.
Floral Emblems (1825) published by Saunders & Otley
Palmeira Square
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Palmeira Square is a mid-19th-century residential development in Hove, part of the English city and seaside resort of Brighton and Hove. At the southern end it adjoins Adelaide Crescent, another archi
Henry Phillips (horticulturist)
…fell, was buried several feet deep in the earth". The shock made Phillips go blind, and the tangled wreckage was not cleared away for another 17 years. Palmeira Square now occupies the site. Phillips' books and other publications included…
The east side of the square seen from the north
The houses on the west side were completed first.
An "elegantly handled ... double curve" marks the transition from Adelaide Crescent (foreground) to Palmeira Square. The Enclosures belonging to the houses have pathways and shrubs.
St John the Baptist's Church (seen from Palmeira Square Gardens) serves the area.