Melody Art
Melody Art
Original Painting Information
Description: acrylic on paper
Price: SOLD
Code: MA5
Fine art Giclée print
Description: signed Giclée print
Edition: 350
All work includes delivery to UK mainland
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The Salvation of Embassy Court - Brighton
Original acrylic painting on paper
Painting of Embassy Court in Brighton. This is a lovely Art Deco building that has
sadly seen better days. Melody painted this picture a few years ago thinking of
it’s restoration, since then the restoration of the building has begun. We look
forward to seeing the building restored.
For more information on Embassy Court please follow the link.
The Royal Pavilion is a former Royal palace built as the home for the Prince Regent
during the early 1800s and is notable for its Indian architecture and Oriental interior
design. The building and surrounding grounds were purchased by the town in 1849 for
£53,000. Brighton Pier (originally and in full "The Brighton Marine Palace and Pier",
and for long known as the Palace Pier) was opened in 1899. It features a large funfair,
restaurants and arcade halls. The funfair has been criticised for its high prices,
with rides costing up to £8.
The West Pier was built in 1866 and has been closed since 1975 and theoretically
awaiting renovation, which faces continual set backs, in part because the owners
of the Palace Pier, the Noble Organisation, have opposed all plans put forward. The
West Pier is one of only two Grade I listed piers in the United Kingdom, but suffered
two catastrophic fires in 2003. Plans for erecting a new landmark in its place –
the i360, a 183 m (600 ft) observation tower designed by London Eye architects Marks
Barfield – were announced in June 2006. Plans were approved by the City council on
11 October 2006.
Created in 1883, Volk's Electric Railway runs along the inland edge of the beach
from the Brighton Pier to Black Rock. It is the world's oldest operating electric
railway.
The 11th century St. Nicholas Church remains a place of worship and is the oldest
building in Brighton, commonly known as "the mother church" of Brighton. Other notable
churches include St. Bartholomew 's, and the Church of St. Peter, prominently sited
in the heart of Brighton on an island between the main roads to London and Lewes.
