2–3 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton

2–3 Pavilion Buildings
The building from the east
Location in central Brighton
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Offices (now bar)
Architectural style	Neo-Georgian
Town or city	Brighton and Hove
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	50°49′20″N 0°08′19″W / 50.8222°N 0.1385°W / 50.8222; -0.1385Coordinates: 50°49′20″N 0°08′19″W / 50.8222°N 0.1385°W / 50.8222; -0.1385
Construction started	1933
Completed	1934
Owner	Mitchells & Butlers
Technical details
Floor count	3
Design and construction
Architect	John Leopold Denman

2–3 Pavilion Buildings in Brighton is a former office building which has been converted into a bar. It was constructed in 1934 as the new head office of the Brighton & Hove Herald, a "leading provincial weekly" newspaper serving the borough and seaside resort of Brighton and its neighbour Hove in southeast England. The Neo-Georgian offices were built to the design of prolific local architect John Leopold Denman and feature decorative carvings by Joseph Cribb. After production of the Herald ceased in the 1970s, the building was used by an insurance company and then as a bar. A firm of insolvency practitioners also occupies part of the premises. Vestigial remains of the neighbouring Royal Pavilion's guest bedrooms were incorporated into the building's rear elevation. The building is on Brighton and Hove City Council's Local List of Heritage Assets and is in a conservation area.

Pavilion Buildings leads northwards from Castle Square (the "commercial hub of the town from the late 18th century") to the southern edge of the Royal Pavilion estate. The Pavilion was built as a house for the Prince of Wales and later transformed into a royal palace upon his accession to the throne as King George IV. His successor King William IV commissioned new buildings at the south end of the estate in 1831, including offices, servants' quarters and guest bedrooms. These were mostly demolished in 1851–52, and Pavilion Buildings was laid out as a road leading from Castle Square to the South Lodge of the Pavilion grounds.

In 1933, the owners of the Brighton & Hove Herald newspaper bought the land at the northwest end of Pavilion Buildings, closest to the Royal Pavilion's grounds, as the site of a new head office. The newspaper, Brighton's oldest, was founded in 1806 at Middle Street and later moved to offices in Prince's Place near the Chapel Royal. Originally known as the Brighton Herald, it became the Brighton Herald & Hove Chronicle in 1902 and took the name Brighton & Hove Herald in 1922. The site had been occupied by the Pavilion's guest bedrooms, and parts of the yellow brick, flint and cobblestone walls were left standing and were incorporated into the rear of the new offices.