Sadly the signage from the other side was too damaged to keep in place. This side though will remain under the new facade.
During the 1840s it was a beer house but it wasn't until the directories of the 1850s that it was referred to as The Gardener's Arms, also The Gardener's Arms Inn. It was still trading as the Gardener's Arms in the 1970s. I'm not sure when this building ceased being a pub.
Captain William Pechell was killed before Sebastopol in 1855. His father George was an MP for Brighton for 25 years.
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Work has now commenced on controversial plans to alter the traffic flow and accessibility of the area between St. Peter’s and Pool Valley.
Days are numbered for most of the buildings along Pelham Terrace, Lewes Road.
Demolition has started of the old Pink Coconut Night Club.
Built in 1933. Closed as a cinema in the late 1970s, it became a Bingo Hall. This closed in 1997.
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