Description

HOVE

TQ2904NE FURZE HILL
579-1/19/47 (East side)
24/09/92 Wavertree House

GV II

Dwelling, now residential home for the elderly blind. Dated
1892, extended soon after.
Red brick with ashlar dressings, green slate roof, lead
covered ogee cap to oriel turret, tall external chimney
stacks. Jacobean style.
Plan: parallel range with cross gable forming entrance front.
2 storeys plus attic, 4-bay frontage, 2-storey oriel turret at
junction of west and south facades, 4- and 6-light mullion and
transom windows, 2 in gabled dormers right, centre balustraded
first floor oriel of 6 lights with arch-head window carried on
3 shaped brackets, arch-head entrance with unglazed 2-bay
opening above, panelled dado to porch, recessed half-glazed
door, sidelights and fanlight with ornamental leading, similar
inner door. Oriel turret at junction of facades lit on 3
faces.
Long south front to Lansdowne Road (North side) distinguished
by full-height bay window with balustraded parapet and leaded
windows, which lights the staircase.
Interior: ground floor only seen, contains few features of
interest apart from the original staircase with turned
balusters and moulded handrail. On view in the hall is a pen
and ink drawing of the house dated 1892 and signed by
A.N.Bromley.
The house is said to have been built for a German doctor,
presumably J.C. Uhthoff, physician, who in 1896 is the first
recorded occupant of the house in the street directories. The
main expenditure seems to have been on the exterior of the
building, which occupies a prominent position in Hove.

Listing NGR: TQ2981404749

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586133

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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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 by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback