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Nos 33-42 and Attached Railings

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.8238 / 50°49'25"N

Longitude: -0.1622 / 0°9'43"W

OS Eastings: 529539

OS Northings: 104306

OS Grid: TQ295043

Mapcode National: GBR JP3.7TN

Mapcode Global: FRA B6KX.DNK

Plus Code: 9C2XRRFQ+G4

Entry Name: Nos 33-42 and Attached Railings

Listing Date: 24 March 1950

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1204856

English Heritage Legacy ID: 365503

ID on this website: 101204856

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

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Description


HOVE

TQ2904SE BRUNSWICK TERRACE 579-1/23/25 Nos.33-42 (Consecutive) 24/03/50 and attached railings

GV I

Terrace of dwellings, now flats and hotel. 1824-8, glazing bars renewed and terrace restored late C20. Architects Amon Wilds and C.A.Busby. Stucco over brick, roof concealed behind parapet balustrade. 4 storeys over basement, 3-window frontage to each unit. Rusticated ground floor, continuous cast-iron balcony to first floor, giant pilasters with Corinthian capitals carrying entablature, pilasters carrying eaves cornice above. Third floor 6-pane sash windows, second floor 12-pane sash windows, first floor 18-pane and ground floor 12-pane; entrances approached by short flights of steps with cast-iron railings returned to street frontage; fanlights and 2x5 panel doors. Left return of 6 bays onto Holland Road; parapet balustrade continued over 3 blind windows and 3 full-height bow fronts with sash windows and 1980's flat-roofed enclosed pilaster porch to No.42 (the Alexandra Hotel). Right return onto Lansdowne Place with portico entrance to No.33. Prince Metternich, the Austrian chancellor, resided at No.42 from September 1848 to April 1849; this visit is comemmorated by a plaque on the building.

Listing NGR: TQ2952904308

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