Description

BRIGHTON

TQ3004NE QUEEN'S ROAD
577-1/32/727 (West side)
20/08/71 No.25
Sussex Masonic Club

GV II

House. c1830. Probably by Amon Wilds and Charles Augustine
Busby; enlarged by the addition of the Masonic Temple, and
presumably the wing to the south, in 1928. Stucco, roof of
tiles.
EXTERIOR: 3 and 4 storeys with dormers, the original building
of 5-window range, the additions bringing the total to eleven.
The original front is divided into 3 bays by Doric pilasters
with honeysuckle and palmette ornament to the necking. Central
flat-arched entrance set back under porch with Greek Doric
columns distyle in antis, the entablature with triglyph frieze
and mutule cornice. All windows flat-arched. The central
first-floor window altered to a canted oriel in C19;
entablature; attic storey with slightly recessed centre;
secondary cornice; dormers in mansard roof; side and ridge
stacks.
The wing to the north, including the Masonic Temple, stands
forward to the street front on the ground floor; flat-arched
entrance with decoratively glazed overlight and panelled doors
of original design, flanked by flat-arched windows with
decorative glazing; the entrance and windows have architraves
decorated with ribbing and corner blocks; entablature and
blocking course; first, second and third floors set back with
simple architraves and the third floor treated as an attic. To
the south, a screen wall to street with a 2-storey wing set
back; simple architraves to the ground floor, those to the
first floor ribbed and with corner blocks; cornice and
panelled parapet.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ3089204550

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660964

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