Title

West Pier, Brighton, Sussex, 1949

Caption

West Pier, Brighton, Sussex, 1949. The West Pier was built in 1866 as Brighton's second pier, to bring holidaymakers to the resort by steamer. The pier head was extended and a pavilion added in 1893 and a concert hall was added in 1916. The superstructure was severely damaged by fire in 2003.

Date

1949

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B40_227

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,1Mb (2,7Mb) / 14,5in x 14,5in / 4363 x 4337 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel exterior outdoors leisure sea holiday holidays coast building buildings England beach architecture country resort pier seaside British geography English pavilion location Victorian century architectural Britain Brighton outside channel B&W 1940s seafront aerial view MONOCHROME English Channel East Sussex Forties bird's eye view 19th century aerial photography black & white black and white B W 20th century nineteenth century English Heritage decade geographical feature TGN West Pier photograph Aerofilms photograph