In England, a building or structure is defined as "listed" when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of "special architectural or historic interest" by the
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, a Government department, in accordance with the
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.[5]English Heritage, a
non-departmental public body, acts as an agency of this department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues.[6] There are three grades of listing status. The Grade II designation is the lowest, and is used for "nationally important buildings of special interest".[7] Grade II* is used for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest";[7] there are
69 such buildings in the city. There are also
24 Grade I listed buildings (defined as being of "exceptional interest" and greater than national importance, and the highest of the three grades)[7] in Brighton and Hove.
This list summarises 89 Grade II-listed buildings and structures whose names begin with N or O. Numbered buildings with no individual name are listed by the name of the street they stand on. Some listings include contributory fixtures such as surrounding walls or railings in front of the building. These are summarised by notes alongside the building name.
Godfrey Pinkerton's "stately" and "highly crafted" bank branch building was erected on the corner of Castle Square and Pavilion Buildings in 1905 for the
London and County Bank. Contrasting bands of stone in pale red and white make up the ground floor, in which the windows and corner entrance are slightly recessed. They are set in stone surrounds and supported on metal columns upon which rest "exaggeratedly overhanging tops" decorated with
anthemion carvings. Similarly elaborate window surrounds are found on the three storeys above, which are in pale
Ancaster stone.
This flint and brick complex of farm buildings was built in three stages. The main barn, of five
bays and with east and west entrances for carts, is 18th-century and retains its original
Queen post timber roof and
purlins. Another three bays were added to the south in the early 19th century, and some
hipped-roofed stables were attached to the north side during the same century.
This was built in 1841 as a junior school for the now demolished Christ Church, which was to the rear. In 1862 it was described as "schools for the Middle Classes, erected in 1843 [sic] by Wisden and Anscombe". The Wisden name was shared by several local builders and property owners. The original part was the Tudor Gothic cobble-fronted single-storey part at the front; the large, gabled two-storey brick extension behind dates from the 1890s. A frieze above the entrance reads christ church schools erected ad 1841. The building was converted into a ballet school in the 1970s, then became a theatre.
The lodge is larger of the two at the entrance to
Woodvale Cemetery; it is two storeys high and is a flint-built
Gothic Revival structure with stone dressings. It was originally provided for the cemetery gardeners, but now houses the city council's Bereavement Services division.
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