Description

HOVE

TQ2904NW GRAND AVENUE 579-1/18/48 (East side) No.6 including piers and railings

GV II

House, now subdivided into flats. c1880. Architect E.J.Ockenden. Yellow stock bricks, extensive use of moulded brick dress, hipped slate roof, tall stacks with moulded caps rising on returns and at rear. Double-fronted. 3 storeys plus attic over basement, 3:1:3 bays, full-height canted bay left and full-height bow right, moulded surrounds to window openings, all sash windows without glazing bars except to the 3 gabled dormers with ornamental surrounds and one vertical glazing bar each, modillion moulded cornice and chequerboard frieze, segmental heads to second floor windows, cills on shaped brackets, moulded string, square headed windows to first floor except for central window with segmental head over entablature carried on brackets. French casement window opening onto cast-iron balcony over porch, segmental heads to ground floor windows with keystones, cills carried on shaped brackets, central porch with arched head opening, ornamental keystone, decorative spandrels and heavy volute capitals draped with garlands carried on piers with recessed panels of decoration, original half-glazed, panelled door approached by flight of steps. Cast-iron railings returned from entrance along street frontage, set in dwarf wall, rendered piers with moulded coping and domed caps.

Listing NGR: TQ2912204577

External Links

• Wikidata Q26500847

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)