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Latitude: 50.823 / 50°49'22"N
Longitude: -0.1563 / 0°9'22"W
OS Eastings: 529955
OS Northings: 104223
OS Grid: TQ299042
Mapcode National: GBR JP3.99H
Mapcode Global: FRA B6KX.NWH
Plus Code: 9C2XRRFV+5F
Entry Name: Embassy Court
Listing Date: 19 July 1984
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1381645
English Heritage Legacy ID: 482007
ID on this website: 101381645
Location: Brighton and Hove, West Sussex, BN1
County: The City of Brighton and Hove
Electoral Ward/Division: Brunswick and Adelaide
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: Multiple dwellings
TQ 2904 SE BRIGHTON KING'S ROAD
(North side)
577-1/37/359
Embassy Court
19.07.1984
GV II*
Block of private flats. 1934-36. By Wells Coates. Built of concrete finished with plaster, flat roof presumably also of concrete.
EXTERIOR/PLAN: 12 storeys; the block is L-shaped with a curved corner to King's Road and Western Street and the principal feature is the 'balconies' on the first to 8th floors which run the length of the building in Western Street and almost the full length in King's Road, forming strong horizontal bands.
The glazing of the flats is almost continuous, and the plan brings part of the flat forward to form bays flush with the parapet and then back to form a balcony proper, except in the case of the last 2 flats in Western Street; internally these projecting parts were 'sun-rooms' and were advertised as 'sun-admitting Vita-Glass Sun Parlours'. The glazing is of metal, rectilinear, and on the corner bay and the first 3 in Western Street the outer windows of each bay are slightly canted back from the parapet, in plan. The 9th, 10th and 11th floors are progressively set back and have no window bays; the 11th floor is set back under a deep canopy. Principal entrance in King's Road with deep buttressed cantilevered canopy; secondary entrance in Western Street. The rear elevation has balconies serving tradesmen's entrances on all floors which are ramped at either end to accommodate the external staircases; and there is an enclosed lift-shaft in the centre of the Western Street wing. INTERIOR: not inspected.
(Brochure issued by Dudley Samuel & Harrison, managing agents,: 1936-).
Listing NGR: TQ2995504223
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