mid-1870s. The next landlord was also long-serving, but ownership changed more frequently from the late 1890s onwards. The incumbent in 1928 was Frank Dickerson; at this time the recently incorporated Kemp Town Brewery of Kemp Town, Brighton, took ownership of the pub and decided to refit and extend it to include a restaurant. They commissioned John Leopold Denman of Denman & Son to carry out the work. The firm was used regularly by the Kemp Town Brewery for pubs along the Sussex coast, and also undertook much work on offices and other commercial developments. Denman's preferred style for these buildings was Neo-Georgian, although he and his son were capable of handling other styles effectively. Their design for the restaurant was highly elaborate inside and out, and was based on the Art Deco style popular at the time. The entrance was framed by a two-storey mosaic of blue and gold pieces adorned with Masonic symbols, the Star of David and bizarre griffin-like creatures. A partly glazed curved screen led inwards to an Art Deco interior with integral furniture. Proposals to turn the former Brunswick Town Hall, on the opposite side of Brunswick Street West, into a sports-themed bar were overturned in the early 1980s. The landlord at the time argued that having a large bar so close would damage trade. In 2000, the pub's new owners planned to restore the building to its original condition; a designer who worked on the television programme Grand Designs was enlisted for the work, which cost about £150,000 and took place in 2001–02. The work included a "spectacular" lavatory installation, with a glass feature wall with a waterfall and a volcano image. The Freemasons Tavern was designated a Grade II Listed building on 2 November 1992. Architecture The Freemasons Tavern occupies a corner site, and is L-shaped and double-fronted with entrances in both the north (Western Road) and west (Brunswick Street West) faces. As originally built, it is a three-storey stuccoed building in the Classical style, with a slate-tiled mansard roof. Underneath the stucco, the walls are of brick. The restaurant part is on the east side, facing Western Road only; the pub section wraps around the corner, with a one-bay façade to Western Road and four bays facing Brunswick Street West. The pub section has a canted bay window in the form of an oriel rising through the two upper storeys. Pilasters topped by