Description

HOVE

TQ2804SE KINGSWAY
579-1/21/66 (North side)
No.2 King's Gardens (terrace)
including attached railings

GV II

House, now divided into flats. c1890, subsequently rendered.
Builder J.T.Chapell. Render over brick with terracotta
detailing, steeply pitched hipped tile roof, deep overhanging
eaves, tall stacks rising on returns. Plan: double-fronted. 4
storeys plus attic over basement, 2:1:3 bays, canted bay
rising through eaves to terminate as balcony to
segmental-headed tripartite window set in stepped gable with
volutes and ball finials, segmental-headed dormer window left,
third floor with sash windows set between pilasters rising
from string, second floor segmental-headed sash windows with
linked entablature, zinc canopy with pierced pelmet to first
floor French casement windows, wrought-iron balustrade to
balcony carried on shaped brackets, square-headed sash windows
to ground floor, Ionic pilaster doorcase of terracotta third
bay left, tripartite fanlight, double doors with diamond
pattern glazing approached by flight of steps with cast-iron
railings.

Listing NGR: TQ2897404399

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26678935

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)