Description

BRIGHTON

TQ3103NE MADEIRA DRIVE
577-1/47/412 (North side)
08/12/97 The Colonnade

II

Shopping arcade. 1927-1929. Designed by borough engineer David
Edwards as part of the corporation's expansion of The
Aquarium, Madeira Drive (qv). Artificial stone.
EXTERIOR/PLAN: shops set behind a single storey colonnade of
25 bays, all of identical width except for the first, 5th,
21st and 25th bays which are broader than the rest and project
slightly forward; these broad bays are defined by a Tuscan
distyle-in-antis portico, and their placement serves to accent
the termini of what would otherwise be an uninflected
composition. The rest of the vertical supports are plain
Tuscan columns. There is a continuous entablature with
projecting cornice, and above this a balustrade which encloses
a raised walkway.
This walkway links the roof terrace of the Aquarium with the
Covered Walk, Madeira Drive (qv).
The shop fronts along Madeira Drive are rather plain, most
being framed only by the shallow responds of the Tuscan
colonnade; between the 11th and 14th bays of the colonnade,
however, can be found the public conveniences, the elevation
of which is articulated by Tuscan pilasters flanking a
flat-arched entrance.
Included in this listing is the shelter to the roof; of the
same date as the colonnade, this structure consists of 6 thin,
cast-iron colonnettes supporting a concave metal roof which
abuts the concrete embankment to Marine Parade. According to a
plaque nearby, this shelter stands very nearly on the site of
the original Chain Pier, erected in 1823 and destroyed by a
storm in 1896.

Listing NGR: TQ3166103849

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26661795

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: 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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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)