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The Regency Town House at 13 Brunswick Square, is a grade 1 listed building in the heart of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Built in the 1820s, the Town House is today being developed by staff and volunteers as a heritage centre and museum.

10/06/2026

What do you think this is?

A medieval torture device? A blacksmith’s tool?Something from a Victorian dentist’s surgery?

In fact, it’s a pair of sugar nips!

Once a familiar household object, sugar nips were used in an era when sugar was sold very differently from today. They are just one of the many fascinating objects that tell the story of tea and the rituals that grew up around it.

Join us this Saturday at The Regency Town House for ‘Tea Leaf to Tea Bag’ event, a fascinating exploration of the history of tea, its origins, varieties, customs and enduring place in British life.

Alongside a tea tasting and an illustrated lecture by social and cultural historian Sarah Tobias, there will be an impressive display of tea related treasures from different eras, revealing how a simple drink shaped homes, fashions, social customs and daily routines for centuries.

This Saturday 13 June
10.30am to 3.30pm

Tickets £25 which includes the tasting of a variety of teas and home baked cakes.

Book here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tea-leaf-to-tea-bag-a-history-of-tea-the-rituals-that-surround-it-tickets-1985542799964

05/06/2026

May’s House of the Month is arriving in June.. We got slightly distracted by Artists Open Houses, Brighton Festival and all the general merriment of May.

This month, we are looking at 32 Brunswick Square, so close we can just about see it from our window.

No. 32 has lived many lives, starting as No. 30 before an 1834 renumbering. Its story is full of high-society drama, long family legacies, and striking contrasts between wealth and service.

From fashionable sisters hosting rival parties to decades under the Lewis family, where three generations and a full household of servants lived under one roof, the house reflects the rhythms of 19th-century Brighton life.

Later, a retired lieutenant colonel brought another fascinating chapter to its history.

Curious about the people, the secrets, and the social history behind the door? Read the full house history here:

Researched by volunteers Clive and Kevin.

https://rth.org.uk/local-history/brunswick-town/bruns-square-32

22/05/2026

We’re sure tourists will be heading from the train station straight to the beach with a hot long weekend ahead -- a longstanding tradition in our city since the station opened in September 1841. 🚞

The Morning Post rightfully anticipated that access to our ‘fascinating watering place’ from the trains will, ’for a long time, be a novelty to the fashionable visitors of Brighton’.

Whether you’re a local or part of the throngs from the Big Smoke, our beaches will always welcome you! 🌞🌊

21/05/2026

EVENT: Tea Leaf to Tea Bag: a history of tea & the rituals that surround it 🫖
Saturday 13th June, 10:30 - 15:30

This June, join social and cultural historian Sarah Tobias at The Regency Town House for Tea Leaf to Tea Bag, a fascinating day exploring the history of tea, how it shaped everyday life, and the rituals and customs that still surround our national drink today.

From the origins of Camellia Sinensis to silver teapots, fine china, elegant tea tables and the tradition of afternoon tea, the day will trace the story of tea through history right up to the modern tea bag.

The event includes illustrated talks, tea tastings, tea and biscuits, and plenty of time to enjoy the special atmosphere of the Town House. Guests are invited to bring a packed lunch.

"But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.”
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

For more information and tickets, visit the Eventbrite link - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tea-leaf-to-tea-bag-a-history-of-tea-the-rituals-that-surround-it-tickets-1985542799964

15/05/2026

Welcome to the final weekend of an Artists Open Houses exhibition where art, science and the history of medicine collide.

We’re delighted to host BioArt Transformations, a fascinating exhibition by internationally acclaimed artist Anna Dumitriu, whose work explores the strange and deeply human stories hidden within disease, contagion, scientific discovery and technological change.

Using living bacteria, DNA, textiles and digital technologies, Dumitriu creates hauntingly beautiful objects that draw connections between past and future - from plague history and early medicine to synthetic biology, genomics and AI. Her work asks big questions about what it means to be human in an age of rapid scientific transformation.

Whether you’re interested in art, history, science, medicine or simply curious about the world around you, this is an exhibition that stays with you long after you leave.

Open until this Sunday 17th May, 10am-5pm every day in the legendary Basement of No 10, Brunswick Square.

Free admission

12/05/2026

We’re delighted to welcome Camilla Perkins back to The Regency Town House this May for "Forget-me-not" - a new solo exhibition of colourful and uplifting paintings inspired by memory, everyday moments, gardens and summer light.

Camilla’s work is full of warmth, pattern and detail, capturing scenes that feel both familiar and dreamlike. If you enjoyed her sell-out exhibition Echoes of Summer in 2022, this is a lovely chance to see her latest work in the beautiful surroundings of the Town House.

The exhibition opens today and is open every day between 11am-5pm until Monday 25th May. Free admission!

Camilla will also be running an Oil Pastel Drawing Workshop on Wednesday 20th May for anyone who’d like to have a go themselves. To find out more about book your place, visit: https://www.camillaperkins.com/workshops

A perfect excuse for a relaxed visit to the Town House this May. Read more about what's on here: https://rth.org.uk/whats-on

05/05/2026

Did you hear the word? Mrs. Finnegan and a gaggle of her closest and dearest were spotted parading through the streets of Brighton last Saturday! Our Butler, Mr Cubbage, was absolutely aghast hearing that the housekeeper had left the dirty work to someone else for the day.

All was not in vain, though, for our lovely ladies were not simply promenading for the sake of it. Nay, they were spreading news of our summer events!

We’ve got an excellent schedule here at the Town House, and we’d be delighted if you join us - if only to save Mrs Finnegan from a butler’s wrath.

She’ll be hosting a tour with Cubbage on the 7th of June, running from 2 - 4pm.

The weekend after, we have cultural historian Sarah Tobias delivering a talk on the elaborate rituals of tea.

In July, we’ll be hosting the Brunswick Town Tour, an immersive journey into the history of the area.

Last, but certainly not least, we’ll be hosting an exclusive exhibition, delivering the highlights of our House Collections.

We’re looking forward to showing off some beautiful artefacts of local history.

01/05/2026

Here at The Regency Town House, we hope you're spending the May Bank Holiday weekend enjoying the sun and having a peek inside at the open house exhibitions (especially ours!).

The May Bank Holiday is actually rooted in the modern labour rights movement, and we thought we’d highlight a little bit of that history today.

While Regency Brighton brings to mind the grand houses of the seafront, much like ours, another story was being written in print shops, on street corners, and in the open air.

Radicalism in the South of England was rooted in the free press and Chartist ideology. The early 1800s saw short-lived newsletters like Dr William King's The Co-Operator (1828 - 1830) and The Brighton Patriot (1835 - 1830).

Eventually, the railways would bring union organisation down the tracks from the north. By the 1890s, the Brighton Anarchist Group was holding open-air meetings on The Level and along the beachfront by the Aquarium every week.

This flyer from our archives shows just how important the press was as a method of organising.

Here at the Town House - an unapologetically upper-class establishment - we think it matters to hold both stories at once. The Regency wasn't just chandeliers and card parties. It was also hunger, protest, and solidarity.

Our volunteer research team are particularly interested in the roots of social history, and is run by our resident historian, Chris Nichols.

If you’re interested in more of Brighton’s radical history - check out his event commemorating the 1926 General Strike / The Battle Of Lewes Road in on Saturday, May 9th - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/commemorating-the-battle-of-lewes-road-tickets-1987047718215?aff=oddtdtcreator

29/04/2026

Following brilliant reviews last year, 'No Hard Shoulder' returns to The Regency Town House for eleven consecutive days of Artists Open Houses Festival 2026.

Nine established Sussex artists will be showing their latest work from large scale pieces of wall art and sculpture to smaller pieces of ceramics and a 'wall of small' paintings.

🌼 Dates: Thurs 30 April - Sun 10 May
🌼 OPEN EVERY DAY
🌼 Hours: 10am - 5pm
🌼 Free admission

Keith Pettit - Sculpture
Lucy Bristow - Painting
June Frickleton - Painting
Sarah Mitchener - Painting
Nigel Hunter - Sculpture
Thea Thompson - Ceramics
Rebecca Angel - Mixed Media
Barbara Gittings - Ceramics
Julian Sutherland-Beatson - Painting

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13 Brunswick Square
Hove
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Saturday	11am - 5pm
Sunday	11am - 5pm

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+441273206306

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http://www.rth.org.uk/whats-on

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