Description

HOVE

TQ2905SW THE DRIVE
579-1/15/110 (East side)
No.56

GV II

Villa, now including restaurant. 1880s, built by William
Willett. Yellow stock bricks, lavish use of moulded and
incised bricks for cornices, aprons, string courses and
lintels, rendered basement, bitumen covered slate roof with
hipped central attic bay, stacks forming continous walls on
returns. Plan: double fronted. 2 storeys plus attic over
basement, 3:1:3 bays, full-height bays flanking central bay
rising into attic storey, sash windows without glazing bars in
segmental headed openings, cills on shaped brackets,
round-arched entrance carried on rusticated piers with ornate
capitals, recessed panelled door with fanlight and sidelights,
approached by shallow flight of steps. Forms part of a group
of Willett buildings in The Drive.

Listing NGR: TQ2916805070

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504826

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (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)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock