Pelham Institute
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The building from the southwest
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| Location | Upper Bedford Street, Kemptown, Brighton and Hove BN2 1NQ, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 50°49′12″N 0°07′34″W / 50.8200°N 0.1262°WCoordinates: 50°49′12″N 0°07′34″W / 50.8200°N 0.1262°W |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Built | 1877 |
| Built for | Archdeacon John Hannah |
| Architect | Thomas Lainson |
| Architectural style(s) | High Victorian Gothic |
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Listed Building – Grade II
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| Official name: Pelham Institute | |
| Designated | 23 June 1994 |
| Reference no. | 1381050 |
 Location within central Brighton
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The Pelham Institute is a former working men's club and multipurpose social venue in the Kemptown area of Brighton, part of the English coastal city of Brighton and Hove. Built in 1877 by prolific local architect Thomas Lainson on behalf of the Vicar of Brighton, the multicoloured brick and tile High Victorian Gothic building catered for the social, educational and spiritual needs of the large working-class population in the east of Brighton. After its closure it hosted a judo club, but is now in residential use as flats (under the name Montague Court) owned by a housing association. English Heritage has listed the building at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance.
Thomas Read Kemp's Kemp Town estate, "arguably the most famous district in Brighton", was developed as a carefully planned estate of about 100 grand houses for the rich people who were increasingly attracted to the fashionable resort. Kemp Town was isolated from the rest of the town, about 2 miles (3.2 km) away, and an old trackway running west–east along the inland side of the East Cliff developed into an important route—Eastern Road.
In the mid-19th century, the area around Eastern Road developed rapidly as a poor, mixed-use area, with institutional buildings, streets of small terraced houses, light industry and a few larger houses. A Nonconformist chapel had also been built in 1829, and the Anglican All Souls Church (closed in 1967 and demolished the following year) served the area from 1834. The area became known as Kemptown [sic].
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