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6, Third Avenue

A Grade II Listed Building in Brighton and Hove, The City of Brighton and Hove

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.8257 / 50°49'32"N

Longitude: -0.171 / 0°10'15"W

OS Eastings: 528916

OS Northings: 104503

OS Grid: TQ289045

Mapcode National: GBR JP2.5LD

Mapcode Global: FRA B6JX.97N

Plus Code: 9C2XRRGH+7J

Entry Name: 6, Third Avenue

Listing Date: 2 November 1992

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1187594

English Heritage Legacy ID: 365641

ID on this website: 101187594

Location: Hove, Brighton and Hove, West Sussex, BN3

County: The City of Brighton and Hove

Electoral Ward/Division: Central Hove

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Brighton and Hove

Traditional County: Sussex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Sussex

Church of England Parish: Hove All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Chichester

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 4 October 2023 to update the name and address, amend description due to change in building use and to reformat the text to current standards

TQ2804SE
579-1/21/124

HOVE
THIRD AVENUE (west side)
No.6

(Formerly listed as No.6, English Language Centre)

GV
II
Villa, language school at time of survey. Early 1880s, dormers rebuilt mid C20. Yellow bricks with moulded brick enrichments, some sandstone dressings, hipped slate roof. Double fronted with entrance range adjoining to left (south).

Three storeys over basement plus attic, 1:3:1:3 bays, two full-height canted bays linked by two storey cast-iron balcony, entrance set back first left, sash windows without glazing bars except for three flat-roofed dormers and French casements windows centre to three bay round-arched cast-iron balcony with enriched spandrels. Left return (south): two tier stone aedicule framing two windows, much eroded at time of survey. Entrance set back in flat-roofed enclosed porch with balustrade approached along south side by tessellated pavement and flight of six marble steps, round-arch opening with enriched spandrels, paired console brackets hung with garlands above foliate capitals carried on rusticated shafts, similar to porch of No 2 (qv).

Interior part inspected: turned baluster stair, semi-rococo style panelling to front room left with scroll heads to panels.

Listing NGR: TQ2891604503

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