Latitude: 50.8229 / 50°49'22"N
Longitude: -0.1554 / 0°9'19"W
OS Eastings: 530021
OS Northings: 104214
OS Grid: TQ300042
Mapcode National: GBR JP3.9J3
Mapcode Global: FRA B6KX.P7T
Plus Code: 9C2XRRFV+5R
Entry Name: Norfolk Resort Hotel
Listing Date: 20 August 1971
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1381642
English Heritage Legacy ID: 482004
Also known as: Norfolk Hotel, Brighton
ID on this website: 101381642
Location: Brighton and Hove, West Sussex, BN1
County: The City of Brighton and Hove
Electoral Ward/Division: Regency
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Brighton and Hove
Traditional County: Sussex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Sussex
Church of England Parish: Brighton St Michael and All Angels
Church of England Diocese: Chichester
Tagged with: Hotel Renaissance Revival architecture Hotel building
BRIGHTON
TQ3004SW KING'S ROAD
577-1/38/355 (North side)
20/08/71 No.149
Norfolk Resort Hotel
GV II
Hotel. 1865. By Horatio Goulty. Stucco, roof of lead.
EXTERIOR: 5 and 6 storeys over basement, 7-window range. The
ground floor stands forward; central entrance flanked by
Corinthian columns with outer engaged Corinthian columns set
back; ornate keystone over entrance; entablature which breaks
forward twice over the entrance and extends across the whole
front; late C20 glazing; continuous cast-iron railings above
the entablature forming a first-floor balcony. The central
part of the front, 3 windows wide, stands slightly forward,
edged with pilasters treated as quoins. All windows
flat-arched with a segmental archivolt and keystone over. The
second floor has continuous balconies to the centre and wings,
with cast-iron railings between piers; sill band to third
floor windows forming shallow balconies; bracketed eaves
cornice; the centre carried up to a 6th floor with 6 windows
linked by an arcade of engaged columns and segmental
archivolts with keystones, and bracketed eaves cornice; the
side bays have pedimented dormers; broad arcaded side stacks
with bracketed cornices, narrower stacks also with bracketed
cornices either side of centre; mansard roofs of curved
profile.
INTERIOR: the only features to survive are the cantilevered
staircase rising through 4 storeys and a glass dome to the
right of the staircase, decorated with gilded arabesques. The
staircase has cast-iron balusters with monograms, ramped rail
and open decorative string, but no newel; there used to be a
lift in the well of the staircase, and the lift gates remain
as part of the balustrade.
Listing NGR: TQ3002104214
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