Description

BRIGHTON

TQ3004SW MONTPELIER ROAD
577-1/38/540 (West side)
13/10/52 Nos.36-42 (Consecutive)
and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
MONTPELIER ROAD
Nos.36-41 (Consecutive))
(Formerly Listed as:
MONTPELIER ROAD
No.42)

GV II

Terraced houses. c1825. No.42 by Amon Wilds and Charles
Augustine Busby, the rest possibly so.
Stucco, white brick, roof of Welsh slate to Nos 36, 38-9,
41-2, of asbestos slate to No.37, and of tiles to No.40; the
brickwork of No.42 painted.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys over basement, 2-window range. The
house-fronts consist of full-height, and almost full width,
segmental bays. Basement and ground floor stuccoed and in
places scored as ashlar.
Round-arched entrance (altered to flat-arched on No.38),
flanked by simple Doric engaged columns supporting a slightly
projecting and entirely plain 'entablature', the columns
missing on Nos 36 and 42.
All windows flat-arched; those to first and second floors with
heads of gauged brick; continuous bracketed balconies with
cast-iron balustrades to first-floor windows on Nos 36-39; Nos
40-41 have individual shallow cast-iron balconies; No.42 has a
balcony carried on 4 panelled and tapering columns, with
cast-iron balustrade and coved and scalloped awning; Nos 41
and 42 retain sashes of original design; cornice and blocking
course; stacks to party walls.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Cast-iron railings to steps and garden fronts with spearhead
finials, probably much renewed; garden walls of brick and
cobbles to Nos 39 and 41-42.
Nos 36-41 (consec) were listed on 20.8.71.

Listing NGR: TQ3020204498

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26661686

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