Sussex Square is a

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in East Sussex, England. It is located in the

Kemp Town Kemp Town Estate, also known as Kemp Town, is a 19th-century Regency architecture residential estate in the east of Brighton in East Sussex, England. It consists of Arundel Terrace, Lewes Crescent, Sussex Square, Chichester Terrace, and th ...

section of the city, noted for its

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. It is divided by Eastern Road which runs across it. At the southern end it becomes Lewes Crescent continuing on until it meets Marine Parade on the seafront. Arundel Terrace and Chichester Terrace lead off Lewes Crescent running east and west respectively. It has been noted as being larger than London's

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and with a wider span that the

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. Many of its houses are now

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. During the later years of the eighteenth century Brighton became a fashionable

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and many new streets and squares were added, continuing during the

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with the new suburb of Kemp Town. Work started on Sussex Square and adjacent Lewes Crescent in 1823 and the facades of the houses were finished in 1828. The

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Thomas Cubitt Thomas Cubitt (25 February 1788 – 20 December 1855) was a British master builder, notable for his employment in developing many of the historic streets and squares of London, especially in Belgravia, Pimlico and Bloomsbury. Background The s ...

oversaw the construction.Hobhouse p.364 Notable residents have included

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, the property developer behind the development of the Square who gives his name to Kemp Town, Thomas Cubitt himself and

Lord John Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and again from 1865 to 186 ...

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during the

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, all of whom are commemorated by

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Bibliography

* Antram, Nicholas & Pevsner, Nikolaus. ''Sussex East with Brighton and Hove''. Yale University Press, 2013 * Avery, Derek. ''Georgian and Regency Architecture''. Chaucer, 2003. * Gilbert, Edmund William. ''Brighton, Old Ocean's Bauble''. Flare Books, 1975. * Hobhouse, Hermione. ''Thomas Cubitt: Master Builder''. Macmillan, 1971. * Musgrave, Clifford. ''Life in Brighton''. The History Press, 2011. * Wylson, Anthony. ''Aquatecture: Architecture and Water''. Elsevier, 2013. Regency architecture in England Brighton Squares in England {{England-road-stub

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