Publications
Palestrina in Hastings, by Richard Morrice, published 2001 in The Georgian Group Journal (vol. XI, article, pp.93-116) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508923]
Abstract:On the development of the complex of Pelham Arcade, Pelham Crescent and the church sited in the middle of the Crescent, St Mary-in-the-Castle (1824-1828, Joseph Kay)
Pevsner Architectural Guides: Brighton and Hove, by Nicholas Antram and Richard Morrice, published 3 November 2008 (256 pp., Yale University Press, ISBN-10: 0300126611 & ISBN-13: 9780300126617) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:This book is the first comprehensive guide to the historic heart of Brighton and Hove, the greatest of England's seaside resorts. A series of walks trace its development from late medieval fishing settlement to the "Queen of the Watering Places," with a lively and critical commentary on its unique architectural character. Few cities can boast such an exotic diversity of buildings, from the outlandish Pavilion, playground of the Prince Regent, to genteel squares and terraces, Victorian architecture both serious and whimsical and landmarks of twentieth century modernism. This guide will delight resident and visitor alike.
Review by Colin Brent in Sussex Past and Present no. 116, December 2008:This marvellous paperback expands, but also preserves, Pevsner's pioneering guide to inner Brighton and Hove, part of his Sussex volume published in 1965. The authors chart the city's evolving social and economic life, and the architects and developers who responded to it. They examine major monuments - the Pavilion, the Dome, St. Michael's, St Bartholomew's, All Saints, The Pier, Brighton Railway Station and the Jubilee Library. Twelve walks traverse the city roughly to its Edwardian boundaries, from the seafront out to Montpelier, Preston Village, London and Lewes Roads and Queen's Park. Interspersed are discrete paragraphs on Building Materials, Bows and Bays, the West Pier, Orientalism (Chinese and Indian), Sea Bathing, Anglican Ritualism, Magnus Volk etc. All is accurate and acute, succinct and accessible.