Description

HOVE

TQ2905SW THE DRIVE
579-1/15/109 (West side)
No.55

GV II

Villa now subdivided into flats. 1890-1900. Built by William
Willett. Yellow stock bricks, stone or composition dressings,
hipped concrete tile roofs to canted bays, overhanging eaves
carried on console-shaped brackets to facade, brick stacks
rising as continuous walls on returns with moulded coping.
Plan: double fronted. 2 storeys over basement, 3:1:3 bays,
sash windows without glazing bars in segmental-headed
openings, moulded strings, full-height canted bays flanking
entrance bay, round arched entrance with decorative spandrels,
rusticated piers with garlanded capitals, recessed doorway
with stained glass to fanlights and sidelights, also in the 2
lights inserted in the original 6-panel door; approached by
flight of steps with tessellated pavement. Ornate cast-iron
window box guards survive to ground floor windows. Right
return: 2 tall stairway windows with stained glass.

Listing NGR: TQ2910105060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482774

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)