Description

BRIGHTON

TQ3103NE MARINE PARADE
577-1/47/438 (North side)
13/10/52 No.48
and attached railings

GV II

Terraced house. Early C19. Stucco. Roof obscured by parapet.
EXTERIOR/PLAN: L-shaped plan, with a 3-storeys, 3-window range
elevation on Marine Parade, and a 4-storey, 3-window range
elevation just to the south of No.1 Lower Rock Gardens (not
included).
Marine Parade elevation: round-arched entry with fanlight,
flanked by fluted Tuscan colonnettes and sidelights. 2
round-arched windows to the right. Ground floor covered by
prostyle porch supported by 4 Tuscan columns and entablature.
An arched trellis with spandrels set into each bay of the
porch. Above porch is cast-iron railing to first floor
balcony. 4 giant pilasters of the Tuscan order rise through
the first and second floors; the capitals have fluted blocks
at their necks. The entablature frieze contains metopes
decorated with a sunburst pattern; boldly scaled cornice and
parapet above. The Lower Rock Gardens elevation is most
notable for the enclosed ground-floor porch which is decorated
with a mixture of a mixture of classical and Gothic features:
a plinth of chamfered rustication interrupted by 7 piers on
socles; the piers are panelled with blind, pointed arches; the
windows between the piers are also pointed and have
Gothic-Revival sashes of original design; across the top of
the porch a entablature which consists of diagonal fretwork
and blind pointed arches; crenellated parapet.
INTERIOR: not inspected. Spear-headed railing to area. Grey
plaque to the right of Marine Parade entry reads: "Sir Samuel
Brown, Designer of Chain Pier, England's First Pleasure Pier,
Lived Here 1823".

Listing NGR: TQ3176703868

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26661809

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)