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Image looking up at the facade of The Regency Town HouseThe Regency Town House at 13 Brunswick Square, is a grade 1 listed terraced home in the heart of Brunswick Town, a Georgian estate in the City of Brighton & Hove on the Sussex coast.

Built in the 1820s, the Town House is today being developed by staff and volunteers as a heritage centre and museum. Its activities are funded through The Brunswick Town Charitable Trust, a registered charity set up to support the project in 1994.

To discover upcoming exhibitions and events, browse snippets of local history or to find out what our volunteers have been up to, please subscribe to our monthly newsletter.

Upcoming exhibitions and events

 

Exhibition - Common Ground
An exhibition by six artists
Thur 5th - Sun 8th November, 11:00am - 6:00pm, admission free
Two painters, a stone sculptor, a jeweller and two ceramicists are exploring Common Ground in the pared-back splendour of The Regency Town House in Hove. 
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Event – Minimum wage? You must be joking!
Sun 15th November, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Tickets, to include afternoon tea and a copy of 'Mrs Finnegan’s Guide to Love, Life & Laxatives', are £21.43 here on Eventbrite.

It's 1837 and the housekeeper and butler need more staff. Fancy working as a parlour-maid or footman? Be careful what you wish for.
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Event – Death & Mourning in Georgian & Victorian England
Sat 21st November, 11:00am - 3:00pm,
tickets are £24.56 (to include tea, coffee, biscuits) from Eventbrite

A study day on fascinating rituals and customs with illustrations and film by social and cultural history lecturer Sarah Tobias.
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Event - The Daddy Long Legs 130th Anniversary
Sat 28th November, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Two sessions, 2:00 - 3:30 & 4:00 - 5:30.
Tickets are £6.13 from Eventbrite

This is the same date the inaugrual departure of the train from Banjo Groyne to Rottingdean. Join us to celebrate Daddy Long Legs’ epic 130-year launch with a seated historical talk and indoor immersive projected art event.
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Exhibition - Ecdysis
Sat 28th & Sun 29th November, 11:00am - 6:00pm
admission free

An exhibiton of work by Charmaine Evans
This exhibition derives from the 'Minnesota Semi-Starvation Experiment' conducted at the University of Minnesota USA  November 1944 till December 1945. These researched-based oil and charcoal paintings on canvas are a broader investigation of human behaviour in extreme conditions. 
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Find our upcoming exhibitions here.

Thanks to some very generous people, we've raised almost enough to buy our original stable and coach house and re-connect it to the Town House. We are not quite there yet and still need help to get this over the line, so please take the time to read about our fundraising campaign.

My House My Street

A collaborative, community project

Lower Market Street signIf you are interested in the history of your house and street, the MyHouseMyStreet project is for you. Explore the project at MyHouseMyStreet or contact us to get involved.

Bevan and Dewar letters

Insight into Regency Brighton

Bevan family letterTake a look at our collection of transcribed letters, written from 1824 to 1870, which provide an insight into family life during the late-Regency period.

Local History

A Frenchman's visit to Brighton

Discover our detailed transcription of le Comte de la Garde's articles 'Eight Days at Brighton' and our translation of his later volume 'Brighton; scènes détachées d'un voyage en Angleterre'.