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Images George Rex

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Photography of the built environment, including public art. Usually Creative Commons licences, temporary posts. Images, descriptions and opinions expressed are my own, unless otherwise indicated. United Kingdom. Flickr: flic.kr/ps/yqAoq (No Meta or X)

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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 3d

Sails / BN1
109-111 Kings Road Arches, City of Brighton & Hove, UK
#architecture #photography #brighton #sails #seaside
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Photo of the arched façade to Brighton Sailing Club. Decorated with paintings of sails on a blue wavy background.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 4d

Sea Life / Night
Grade 2 listed. City of Brighton & Hove, UK
#architecture #photography #night #aquarium #brighton
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Night photo of what was originally known as the Brighton Aquarium, designed and engineered by Eugenius Birch, 1876. Exterior rebuilt by the borough engineer, David Edwards, 1929. Owned by Sea Life since 1991 with the last refurbishment in 2019. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 6d

Beach Hut Café / Night
Victorian kiosk, 1883, made of cast-iron and timber
#architecture #photography #victorian #brighton
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Photo of a Victorian kiosk, 1883, made of cast-iron and timber with a crown-like lantern to the apex of the roof. Restored and re-sited opposite East Street in 2017 when Shelter Hall (200m west) was rebuilt. Grade 2 listed. Goes by the name of the Beach Hut Café at present. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 10d

Tarot / Wands
#architecture #photography #brighton #tarot #FullFrontalFacade
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Photo of a sign saying "tarot" with multicoloured metal, palisade fencing beneath. At Kings Road Arches, Brighton, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 12d

1770 / Tattoo
#architecture #photography #FullFrontalFacade #brighton #ShopFront
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Photo of a tattoo shop at 4 Little East Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 18d

Arch Dog / Naughty Pirates
at Arch 237, King's Road Arches, City of Brighton & Hove, UK
#architecture #photography #FullFrontalFacade #brighton
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Photo of a couple of artists' studios, one making dog related sculpture (left) and the Naughty Pirates Gallery (right, textiles I think). At Arch 237, King's Road Arches, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 19d

London House Cottage / Door
Near Henfield library, Sussex, UK
#architecture #photography #wabisabi #henfield #sussex
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Photo of a dilapidated front door. A panel door with coloured glass insert, originally painted blue and pink but now very faded and peeling.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 20d

People are merely visitors in the architecture of time, thanks for looking :)

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 20d

Apple Tree Cottage / BN5
Timber-framed building from sixteenth century
#architecture #photography #tudor #henfield #sussex
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Photo of a timber-framed cottage thought to originate in the sixteenth century according to its grade 2 listing. Now with brick infill at ground level, a tiled roof and a chimney stack with the date 1737 inscribed. Some topiary in the front garden. Church Lane, Henfield, Sussex, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 21d

The Cat House / BN5
Timber framed, C16, Henfield, Sussex
#architecture #photography #monochrome #tudor #cats
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Monochrome photo of a timber framed cottage, thought to be from the C16, listed Grade 2. Renderings of cats under the eaves were added in the C19. "One of the most photographed and recognizable buildings in Henfield". Church Terrace, Henfield, Sussex, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Sep 22

HDSA club / extension
Architect: Christopher Dodd, 1983, on a Martello tower theme.
#architecture #photography #MartelloTower #hove #monochrome
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Monochrome photo of a clubhouse extension in the likeness of a Martello Tower. The Hove Deepsea Angling Club has been at this location since it was formed in 1909. Western Esplanade, Hove, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Sep 19

Fishergull / Lex's Café
Beach café art by Dan Lish
#architecture #photography #StreetArt #mural #hove #seaside
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Photo of a street artist mural on a seaside cafe at Hove seafront. Features a large seagull in a deckchair fishing.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Sep 18

Lifeguard Station / BN3
#architecture #photography #lifeguard #hove
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Photo of a lifeguard station overlooking Hove beach, early morning light, the building is decorated in a LGBTQ Pride flag style.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Sep 17

Hove Trial Centre / 20250916
Modernist design by Fitzroy Robinson & Partners
#architecture #photography #modernism #hove #CourtHouse
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Photo of Hove Trial Centre, built circa 1971–72 to a modernist design by Fitzroy Robinson & Partners. Lansdowne Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Sep 14

Former Holy Trinity / BN1
George Somers Clarke Jr. and John T Micklethwaite, 1887
#architecture #photography #GothicRevival #brighton
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Photo of what was originally a church designed by Amon Wilds for Thomas Read Kemp, 1817, although the redesigned Gothic Revival eastern face seen here was by George Somers Clarke Jr. and John T Micklethwaite, 1887. The building is now used as an art gallery. Grade 2 listed. Ship Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Sep 2

just kept the pitch and roll indicators centred for the shot - this resulted in a lot more foreground which I cropped out by going from 3x2 to 10x8.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Sep 2

Socktopus / BN1
North Laine district, Brighton
#architecture #photography #turquoise #brighton
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Photo of a Socktopus sock shop, now occupying part of what used to be the GAK Music Emporium. Victorian building on the corner of Upper Gardner Street and North Road, painted turquoise. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Aug 30

Booth Museum / Door
1874 for Edward Thomas Booth of Hove
#architecture #photography #victorian #doorway #romanesque
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Photo of one of the red-painted front doors of the Booth Museum of Natural History, established 1874 by Edward Thomas Booth. Described as 'Italian Romanesque' style by the Grade 2 listing, with round-arch voussoirs of red, yellow and black brick. Dyke Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Aug 22

Pevensey 1 / Undercroft
Basil Spence, 1962, University of Sussex
#architecture #photography #modernism #BasilSpence
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Photo of the Grade 2* listed Pevensey 1 building. Here showing part of the undercroft including one of the segmental arched concrete lintels. University of Sussex, Falmer, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Aug 9

The Clock Tower / Brighton
John Johnson, to celebrate Victoria's Golden Jubilee
#architecture #photography #victorian #ClockTower
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Photo of Brighton's Jubilee Clock Tower designed by John Johnson (1843-1920), completed 1888 to celebrate Victoria's Golden Jubilee of the previous year. Portland stone and pink granite, extravagantly decorated and with a time-ball at the top (no longer operational) designed by Magnus Volk. North Street.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Aug 5

Medina House / 20250801
Pilbrow & Partners / Formation Architects, 2021
#architecture #photography #hove
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Photo of a seafront house built for for Polly Sampson and David Gilmour. The new house takes many cues from the original 1894 building designed by P.B.Chambers for the Hove Bath and Laundry Company. Currently for sale at just under £9M. Corner of King's Esplanade and Sussex Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Jul 26

191 / Kingsway
c.2016 comprising nine flats, with some Art Deco design motifs
#architecture #photography #deco #FullFrontalFacade
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Photo of a five-storey residential building built c.2016 comprising nine flats and basement parking. Possibly by Flint Architecture and/or Axiom Architects, with some Art Deco design motifs. Directly to the east of Girton House, City of Brighton & Hove.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Jul 2

Floral Mural / BN2
Carina Thumbelina, c.2023
#StreetArt #PublicArt #photography #saltdean #brighton
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Photo showing botanical style murals from a local artist going by the name Carina Thumbelina. Saltdean, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Jun 23

Serpentine Pavilion 2025 / V
Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA)
#architecture #photography #SerpentinePavilion #CCBYSA
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Photo looking up at the north end section of the 2025 pavilion, with trees behind. Designed by Marina Tabassum using timber and brown polycarbonate panels. Kensington Gardens, London, UK.

Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · Jun 9

St Mary de Haura / NE
Grade 1 listed 12th Century church
#architecture #photography #ccbysa #EarlyGothic #Romanesque
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Photo of a view from the northeast of the Grade 1 listed St Mary de Haura, founded circa 1103 with much C12 structure remaining. Of Norman and Transitional style using stone, flint, and cobbles. The flying buttresses to the clerestorey are early examples of this structural technique. The funds for the building may have been sourced from the harbour taxes of that era. Church Street, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex, UK.