Can You Tell Me About The History Of Brighton's Royal Pavilion?

The Royal Pavilion is the former residence and royal seaside retreat of the then Prince Regent, who later came to be known as King George IV. The Royal Pavilion is a landmark in Brighton. It was built in the 19th century.

The Prince Regent (King George IV) first visited Brighton on the advice of his doctor in 1783. The physician followed the water therapy which was first advocated by Dr. Richard Russell of Lewes, East Sussex, in the first-half of the 18th century, and prescribed the seawater of Brighton to his blue-blooded patient, telling the Prince Regent that drinking Brighton's seawater would cure him of his gout. It was also the residence he shared with his first wife Mrs. Fitzherbert, with whom he enjoyed a discreet relation owing to the illegitimacy of their marriage due to Mrs. Fitzherbert's (a Catholic) faith.

Between 1803 and 1822, five designers were given the responsibility of renovating the Royal Pavilion, and each of them brought a distinct and individual style to the Prince Regent's preferred vacation home. Henry Holland enlarged the building. In 1803, a riding school and stables were built by William Porden, who was inspired by the Indian style of architecture on the property. John Nash's design on the palace also seemed to be influenced by the Indian style, and the interiors, redone by Frederick Crace and Robert Jones, were also apparently heavily influenced by the Chinese, Moghul and Islamic architectural styles.

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