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TQ2804SE KINGSWAY 579-1/21/65 (South side) 10/09/71 Nos 1-7 (Consecutive) Victoria Terrace (Formerly Listed as: VICTORIA TERRACE Nos.1-6 (Consecutive))

GV II

Incomplete terrace, porches demolished and area subsequently built out with shop fronts. Designed by Amon Wilds about 1830 but left unfinished; No.7 added soon after, first floor oriels added when ground floor obscured by shop fronts c1880, some alterations, particularly to shopfronts, mid-late C20. Render over brick, roofs concealed behind parapet. Greek Revival style. Plan: unfinished terrace, eastern 4 bays break forward slightly and are ornamented at eaves level, but there is no repeat at the western end; the next 8 bays west give no indication at eaves level as to the intended centre of the range, while the final 2 western bays are unornamented; the ground floor has been obscured by shopfronts. 4 storeys, 4:10 bays, 4 left with shallow pediment to centre 2 bays, flanked by volute and anthemion ornamentation to parapet of slightly lower outer bays with arch head windows, 2 square-headed windows with linked entablature to centre, similar window openings to rest of third floor set between pilasters, 9- and 6-pane sash windows, strongly moulded cornice with garlands to frieze, giant pilasters carry entablature with enclosed palmettes to capitals, 9-pane sash windows except to second and third bays left where there are narrow 6-pane windows between paired pilasters without capitals; first floor with enclosed shell heads above 12-pane sash windows, cast-iron balconies, replaced in second, third, sixth, seventh, tenth and eleventh bays by 3-light oriels carried on cast iron brackets, blind parapet; below are inserted windows not visible at street level because of the projecting shopfronts. The end-two-bays right have the same sash windows, but slightly larger, and the facade is unadorned. Single-fronted shop fronts below dentil moulded cornice, fluted pilasters with cavetto moulded frieze and pediment surmounted by ball finial; Nos 2 & 3 have been gutted. Rear elevation (south), very austere with window openings punched into the roughcast elevation without any mouldings. The street directory for 1850 lists only Nos 1-6. (National Monuments Record: Photograph).

Listing NGR: TQ2858704414

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