Embassy Court is a radical Grade II* listed residential building in the city of Brighton and Hove, England

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. Designed by Wells Coates

Wells Coates

Wells Wintemute Coates OBE was an architect, designer and writer. He was, for most of his life, an ex-patriate Canadian architect who is best known for his work in England...

, it was one of the first modernist buildings to be constructed in Britain

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 and also featured the first penthouse suite anywhere in the country. It comprises 12 floors and was completed in 1936.

Decline and Refurbishment

As early as the 1960s, major works were taking place to keep water out of the building. The original windows were lost as well as the front entrance doors. Embassy Court further deteriorated during the 1980s as it passed through the hands of many freeholders. None of these freeholders managed to introduce an effective maintenance system and as the costs mounted, the building fell further into decline. This led to lessees withdrawing from maintenance bills.

At the cost of £4.6 million, the building was restored to its former state after many years of decay. This work was completed by November 2006.

External links

• http://www.embassycourt.org/
• http://www.embassycourt.co.uk/
• http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=embassycourt-brighton-unitedkingdom
• http://bein.com/embassy-court-brighton-uk