Description

HOVE

TQ2804SE THIRD AVENUE
579-1/21/123 (West side)
No.4

GV II

Villa now flats. c1880, subdivided with alterations to attic
space mid C20.
Yellow stock bricks, moulded bricks and terracotta dressings,
concrete tiled roof. Double fronted with 2-storey projection
on South front.
3 storeys over basement with attic, 2:1:4 bays, full-height
canted bay right, single-storey projection left, all sash
windows without glazing bars except in attic, 2 gabled dormers
with decorative frieze below cills flanking C20 dormer, C20
metal glazing bars, single vertical glazing bars to second
floor windows resting on decorative string, first floor window
openings with arched heads filled with sunflower motif,
carried on marble shafts with foliate capitals, decorative
panels forming string, very ornate recessed porch: pointed
arch opening with decorative inset to soffit, foliate
capitals, frieze of unglazed and now faded blue and white
tiles with cherubs and foliage, sgraffito panels on reveal
walls with figures in Aesthetic Movement costume - one panel
is inscribed "Come unto these yellow sands", C20 panelled
door; approached by a flight of steps carried on a flying arch
over the area of the basement, brick walls returned to
building.
Left return (south front) canted bay surmounted by 6-bay open
loggia with red terracotta columns and foliate capitals - some
of the columns heavily eroded at time of Survey, crenellated
parapet. Garden front with single-storey wooden loggia
approached by a flight of steps.
Interior: varnished turned newel stair, remains of tessellated
pavement to hall. Original doors with panelled reveals and
quatrefoil decoration in overdoor panels. Moulded compartment
ceiling to former dining room with frieze of blue and white
tiles in window bay, some original chimney pieces remaining,
notably in the former drawing room and main bedroom, built-in
glass fronted cupboard with circular pattern glazing bars
surviving in drawing room; plaster cornice of sinuous
vegetation with flowers to ground floor, rossettes to first.
It has been suggested that the house was occupied by the
Archbishop of York as a summer residence, though it is first
mentioned in the street directories for 1881 as Kingsworthy
House, a school for ladies run by Miss Scott.
An unusually ornate facade showing the influence of the
Aestheic Movement, with many original features still
surviving.

Listing NGR: TQ2891304480

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504917

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)