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Queen's Road, Brighton is a major street in
In 1822 there were 25 buildings where the street was built. Part of the land had been a burial ground since the 1700s. When Queen's Road was built, it formed the new boundary to the burial ground of Hanover Chapel. Previously Windsor Terrace had run along the west side of Queen's Road, having been built in 1830. The raised pavement and iron railings running between North Road and Church Street date back to this period and have
Queen's Road, Brighton is a major street in Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
, East Sussex
East Sussex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England on the English Channel coast. It is bordered by Kent to the north and east, West Sussex to the west, and Surrey to the north-west. The largest settlement in East Su ...
. It was rebuilt during an 1845 slum clearance
Slum clearance, slum eviction or slum removal is an urban renewal strategy used to transform low income settlements with poor reputation into another type of development or housing. This has long been a strategy for redeveloping urban communities; ...
programme to connect Brighton railway station
Brighton railway station is the southern terminus of the Brighton Main Line in England, and the principal station serving the city of Brighton, East Sussex. It is from via .
The station is managed by Govia Thameslink Railway, which operates ...
to the town centre. It is part of the A2010 road, and connects the station to the Jubilee Clock Tower
The Jubilee Clock Tower ( ms, Menara Jam Peringatan Victoria, ta, ராணி விக்டோரியா நினைவு மணிக்கூண்டு) is an Moorish-style Jubilee clocktower located at the intersection of Light Stree ...
where it meets Western Road, West Street and North Street.
History
In 1822 there were 25 buildings where the street was built. Part of the land had been a burial ground since the 1700s. When Queen's Road was built, it formed the new boundary to the burial ground of Hanover Chapel. Previously Windsor Terrace had run along the west side of Queen's Road, having been built in 1830. The raised pavement and iron railings running between North Road and Church Street date back to this period and have Grade II listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
status. Queen's Road soon became known as the location for a number of hospitals and health facilities. For example, No. 27, a Terrace house dating from c.1830 was once the home of a dental hospital.
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