Description

BRIGHTON

TQ3203NE CHICHESTER PLACE
577-1/49/142 (West side)
20/08/71 Nos.23-29 (Odd)
and attached railings

II

Terraced houses. c1845. Built by Thomas Cubitt. Stucco. Roof
obscured by parapet.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys over basement. Nos 23 and 25 three windows
each; Nos 27 and 29 two windows each. The elevations of Nos 23
and 25 are treated as full-height and nearly full-width
segmental bays, the entrances paired but at different levels
to accommodate the street's change in elevation. Their
entrances are flat arched, framed by Tuscan pilasters and
entablature, with 2 ground-floor windows to the side. The
windows to all 4 units are flat arched; those to Nos 23 and 25
have projecting sills. Each unit has a first-floor balcony,
segmental in plan, with cast-iron railings and brackets;
French doors open out onto this balcony. The centre,
second-floor window in each is blocked. Cornice to second
floors. Although the design of Nos 23 and 25 is not similar to
that of Nos 27 and 29, the cornice of No.25 is continuous with
that of No.27, which has a round-arched entrance with
fanlight. To the left this entrance is a single-storey canted
bay with tripartite windows and Tuscan pilasters at the
corners and responds; cornice and blocking course; the bay
windows have quadrant corners. No.25 has a first-floor
balcony, rectangular in plan, with cast-iron railings and
brackets identical to those on Nos 23 and 25. There is a low
wing connecting Nos 27 and 29. The latter has a flat-arched
entrance with overlight, to the right of which is a
rectangular bay with Tuscan pilasters and windows with
quadrant corners. The first-floor balcony railings date from
the C20. First- and second-floor windows have architraves and
sashes of original design: 8/12 and 4/4 respectively. Cornice
and parapet above. Stacks to party walls.
INTERIOR: not inspected. Railings to stairs, entrances and
areas.

Listing NGR: TQ3290203697

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660467

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)