The Arundel Terrace houses were built for Thomas Read Kemp by Amon Wilds and Charles Busby between 1824 and 1828.

From 1853–57, it was the home of writer William Harrison Ainsworth; during his time living at 5 Arundel Terrace, he wrote the novels The Star Chamber, The Flitch of Bacon, The Spendthrift, The Life and Adventures of Mervyn Clitheroe, and Ovingdean Grange.

[6] Number 5 was also the home of the painter Count William de Belleroche, son of the pioneer of lithography, Albert de Belleroche; broadcaster Annie Nightingale (1964–67); writer and Second World War Royal Air Force hero Paul Richey (1967–73); and it has been the home of journalist Roy Greenslade since 1973.

He let the ground floor to West End theatre star Douglas Byng from 1974 until his death in 1987; his ashes were scattered outside the buildings.

[9] In 2015, Arundel Terrace was included in plans made for a proposal for Brighton Promenade to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.