Description

BRIGHTON

TQ3104SW OLD STEINE
577-1/64/636 (West side)
13/10/52 No.55
Steine House and attached walls,
piers and railings
(Formerly Listed as:
OLD STEINE
No.55
Steine House, Headquarters of the
YMCA)

II

House. 1804, extensively remodelled in 1864 and 1927. Built by
William Porden for the Prince's wife, Mrs Fitzherbert. Painted
brick in English bond with stucco dressings; C20 mansard roof
of slate.
EXTERIOR: 2 and a half storeys. 3-window range. Light well in
the centre. The raised ground floor projects in front of the
front wall forming an enclosed porch, in the centre of which
is an entrance porch. At the corners of the porch
quarter-round pilasters; corner pilasters to entrance porch
which terminate in ball finials. To either side
floor-to-ceiling tripartite, flat-arched windows with moulded
architraves and sills supported by corbels. Similar windows to
first floor open onto the balcony which is enclosed by
cast-iron railings and piers. The centre-window range of the
first floor projects one brick's thickness. Entablature with
projecting cornice across the front. Dormer to centre range of
top storey of 2 flat-arched windows, finished in faceted forms
which date to 1927. Corner quoins to each floor. Stacks to
party and side walls.
INTERIOR: the only remnant of the Porden scheme is a cast-iron
stair. The building has been so heavily rebuilt that very
little else remains; of note, however, is a small
elliptical-plan chapel to the right rear of the first floor.
Although much altered, this may date to the early C19. To the
right of the main entrance is a plaque which reads: In this
house lived Mrs. Fitzherbert from 1804 until her death in
1837.
When completed the house had an Egyptian-style colonnade along
the front which was blown down in 1805 and rebuilt in the
Italianate style with a verandah.
The YMCA purchased the building in 1884 and had it refaced and
extended in 1927, adding an upper storey for bedrooms. It now
serves as an emergency shelter for the YMCA.
(Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-: 114
L).

Listing NGR: TQ3122304053

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Steine House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7606850

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)