Latitude: 50.826 / 50°49'33"N
Longitude: -0.1642 / 0°9'51"W
OS Eastings: 529391
OS Northings: 104541
OS Grid: TQ293045
Mapcode National: GBR JP3.19J
Mapcode Global: FRA B6JX.CV5
Plus Code: 9C2XRRGP+98
Entry Name: 18-34 and attached railings Palmeira Square
Listing Date: 10 September 1971
Last Amended: 2 November 1992
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1187581
English Heritage Legacy ID: 365602
ID on this website: 101187581
Location: Hove, Brighton and Hove, West Sussex, BN3
County: The City of Brighton and Hove
Electoral Ward/Division: Brunswick and Adelaide
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Brighton and Hove
Traditional County: Sussex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Sussex
Church of England Parish: Hove St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Chichester
Tagged with: Terrace of houses
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22 March 2022 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
TQ2904NW
579-1/22/97
HOVE
PALMEIRA SQUARE (West side)
Nos 18-34 and attached railings
(Formerly listed as Nos.18-30 (Consecutive) and attached railings, previously listed as: PALMEIRA SQUARE Nos.1-30 (Consecutive))
10/09/71
GV
II
Terrace of dwellings. 1860-65. Stucco over rubble and brick, some structural cast-iron, hipped slate roofs behind moulded parapet. Italianate style.
Terrace forming one of two sides of the square, abutting Adelaide Crescent (qv) to south, No.18 returned to abut Nos 73-6 Western Road (qv).
Five storeys over basement, three-window frontage to each unit separated by quoins or pilasters forming 2:4:5:4:2 bays, all sash windows without glazing bars, some windows with blind boxes. Attic storey with three small square or round headed windows resting on moulded cornice, third floor three square-headed windows resting on flat string with Vitruvian scroll decoration, similar larger windows below with pilaster surrounds carrying entablature, segmental pediment to centre, first floor canted bay window with balustraded parapet resting on balcony with cast-iron balustrade carried on shaped stone brackets; ground floor tripartite window with twisted cast-iron mullions, cast-iron window box guards to some windows.
Flat-roofed paired Doric porches with balustrading, some with glass panels between columns as windbreaks held in place by wrought-iron supports. Entrances via short flights of steps, fanlights, doors with four recessed panels and key pattern decoration, some with inserted lights. Centre of terrace first and second floor windows built out to form two-storey loggia resting on three-bay colonnade of rusticated columns including a single porch. Cast-iron railings returned from entrances along street frontage.
Built for Sir Isaac Lyons Goldsmid as a continuation of Adelaide Crescent (qv), the north side of the 'square' is formed by Palmeira Mansions, Church Road (qv). Sir Isaac held the Portuguese title of Baron Palmeira, hence the name of the square.
Listing NGR: TQ2939104541
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