internal changes were made over the next 90 years, but Rev. Charles Douglas's plans for a new Byzantine-style church on the site, announced in the 1860s, were not realised. A porch and vestry were built in 1868, and new lectern, altar rails, organ and pulpits were put in. Arthur Blomfield carried out further renovation work in 1889. In the 1930s the church became associated with The Anglican Diocese of Chichester's Healing Ministry, under the leadership of the Revd. John Maillard, and it was closed in 1939 and converted into the Diocese of Chichester's Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. In 1974, this moved to a building next to the former St John the Evangelist's Church on Carlton Hill. In 1988, a local housing association acquired the building and converted it into the First Base Day Centre for homeless people. Crunden's interior, which had survived largely intact since he built the ballroom in 1766, was damaged by fire soon after the day centre opened, but it has been restored. Architecture John Crunden designed the Castle Inn ballroom in the Adam style, which is still discernible in the interior despite the many changes of use the building has experienced. The internal walls had elaborate pilasters decorated with scrolls and friezes, and at the north and south ends there were recessed areas separated from the main section by columns. Between the pilasters were a series of wall paintings. When the building was re-erected at Montpelier Place, galleries were added above the north and south recesses. In contrast to the Adamesque interior, the church was given a plain stuccoed Classical frontage facing Montpelier Place, with Doric pilasters below a pediment and cornice, topped by a lantern. The east and west faces have arched windows. Local architect George Cheeseman was responsible for this work. The porch, a later addition, has three bays with arched windows in the outer pair and the entrance door in the centre. The building today St Stephen's Church was listed at Grade II* by English Heritage on 13 October 1952. This status is given to "particularly important buildings of more than special interest". As of February 2001, it was one of 70 Grade II*-listed buildings and structures, and 1,218 listed buildings of all grades, in the city of Brighton and Hove. The First Base Day Centre, as the building is now known, is run by Brighton Housing Trust. It was established