Description

HOVE

TQ2905SW THE DRIVE
579-1/15/115 (West side)
No.71
including gatepiers

GV II

House. 1888-1890. Architect H.B.Measures, builder William
Willett. Flemish-Queen Anne Revival style. Red brick,
terracotta dressings, tile-hung gables with bargeboards,
steeply pitched hipped clay tile roof with large ornamental
stack rising from above entrance porch through gabled dormer
on facade, simple stacks rising on returns. Plan:
double-fronted. 2 storeys plus attic, 3 bays, mixed
fenestration with leaded upper lights, large timber-framed and
tile-hung gable end right with dormers on returns, baluster
parapet to 2-storey canted bay, moulded cornice, ground floor
cill carried on brackets with window box guard surviving,
small dormer windows in gable left framing chimney flanked by
windows at first floor level, ornamental plaque at base of
stack above gabled porch with lugged surround to recessed
panelled door with inset lights and sidelight. Gatepiers brick
and terracotta, resited: hexagonal with ogee caps.

Listing NGR: TQ2912605188

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482777

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6