Description

BRIGHTON

TQ3104SW OLD STEINE
577-1/64/637 (West side)
11/04/85 No.56
and attached walls, piers and
railings

II

House. 1875, possibly an extension of an earlier structure;
external embellishments of early C20. Stucco. Parapeted roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic over basement. 5-window range;
2-window range return.
The main elevation is symmetrically disposed about a
round-arched entrance with fanlight, which is reached by a
short flight of steps. This entrance is topped by a broken
segmental pediment supported by a pair of console brackets;
the tympanum of pediment finishes in a scrolled finial.
A pair of round-arched windows to either side of the entrance,
the architraves with fluted keystone extends below sill to
enclose a spandrel panel which is decorated with volutes and
swags. The ornamental treatment of the ground floor dates to
the C20, and in a late C18 French style. The surface of the
ground floor, including that of the slightly projecting
aedicule, is treated as banded rustication, a feature which
could date either to the 1875 or the early C20 extension.
There are storey bands between all floors.
All upper-floor windows are flat arched; the first-floor
windows are floor-to-ceiling with eared architraves; each
second-floor window is topped by a cornice supported by a pair
of console brackets. Entablature with projecting cornice sits
below a balustraded parapet. On the ground floor of the return
is one round-arched window similar to those already described,
the rest are flat arched, each of those on the first and
second floors have a cornice.
There is a round-arched entrance set to the rear of the return
in a rusticated aedicule.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Cast-iron railings to area and piers.

Listing NGR: TQ3124604060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660854

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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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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)