Description

BRIGHTON

TQ3103NE MARINE PARADE
577-1/47/448 (North side)
13/10/52 Nos.73 AND 74
and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
MARINE PARADE
No.73
Langley Court Hotel)
(Formerly Listed as:
MARINE PARADE
No.74)

GV II

Terraced houses. c1825. Designed probably by Amon Wilds and
Charles Augustin Busby. Stucco. Roof obscured by parapet.
EXTERIOR: No.73 has 4 storeys over basement; No.74 3 storeys
and attic over basement. No.73 is a 4 window-range, No.74 is a
3 window-range. Right return to No.74 steps down to 2 storeys
at the rear. Entrance to No.73 flat arched with overlight, set
under prostyle porch of Tuscan pilasters, entablature and
blocking course. To right full-height segmental bay of 3
windows, all windows flat arched with entablatures. Ground
floor has banded, chamfered rustication. Balcony with
cast-iron railing and brackets to first floor of bay. Storey
bands between first and second floors. The ground floor of
No.74 has banded, chamfered rustication as well but this is
more boldly scaled than that on No.73. The main elevation of
No.74 is treated as a full-height and nearly full-width
segmental bay; all windows are flat arched; balcony with
cast-iron railings and brackets to first floor treated as a
arcade supported by colossal Tuscan pilasters rising through
first and second storeys, the whole topped by a cornice. To
the ground floor; entablature and parapet to attic storey;
entry on return of elevation flat arched, much altered, framed
by Tuscan pilasters and entablature. Banded, chamfered
rustication to ground floor of return of No.74. All windows
are flat arched. Cornice band between second floor and attic.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Railings to stairs and areas. Nos 68, 69, and 73-89 (qv)
Marine Parade form a group with Nos 1-14 Royal Crescent (qv).
No.73 was listed on 20.8.71.

Listing NGR: TQ3198203801

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26661819

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Recommended Books

• 
  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)