|Crescent, are elegantly built, and chiefly lodging houses. |North-street, furnishes handsome shops of every description, and |there is a neat little theatre. There are also two elegant |assembly rooms, with suits of card, tea, and supper rooms; those |at the Castle Tavern are open every night during the season, as |are also those at the Old Ship, which are little inferior. | |The Steyne is a fine lawn, on the eastern part of the town, which |is the general parade for the company. On the Steyne are the North |and South Parades, Blue and Buff Parade, Steyne-place, or South |and Steyne Row; besides this, there are two other Steynes, but |both inferior to the preceding. One is called the New Steyne, and |is situated in the east of the town leading to Rottingdean; the |other, the North Steyne, but more commonly the _Level_, both |having many handsome buildings. The promenade commences after the |heat of the day, and continues till dark; a choice band of music |playing all the while. The Prince Regent has an elegant mansion |here, called the Pavilion. (_see Index of Seats._) | |There are two public libraries on the Steyne, furnished with all |the newspapers, periodical publications, &c. This is the morning |lounge for every vehicle of news There are also a suite of hot, |cold, vapour and salt-water baths, for those who may not, or do |not choose to plunge into the ocean. There are also air-pump water |baths, for the relief of persons afflicted with the gout, or |violent scorbutic affections; the ingenious invention of Mr. |Nathan Smith, of Artillery-place. The baths are situated near the |Steyne, and were first erected in 1789. On one side of a handsome |vestibule are six cold-baths, and on the other side, the hot |baths. | |The streets nearly intersect each other at right angles, and are |very clean and neat. Among the recent improvements, the handsome |row of uniform houses, called Dorset Garden, deserves to be |noticed; in front, is an extensive well planned garden, while two |octagon temples ornament the pleasure ground. The road is composed |of chalk and sea beach, with a spacious foot pavement of bricks on |each side, which is entirely dry, almost immediately after the |most heavy rains. The town is also well lighted, and from its |vicinity to the metropolis, and accommodation of every kind, it |may justly rank as the first watering place in the kingdom. | |The church stands on a hill near the town, and has a square tower, |which may be seen a considerable distance at sea, having the |figure of a dolphin for a vane. From its increase of population, a |=Chapel Royal= has been erected within these few years, which is |sufficiently spacious to contain 1000 persons. |