Description

BRIGHTON

TQ3104SW MARLBOROUGH PLACE
577-1/40/496 (West side)
Nos.20, 21 AND 22

GV II

Building society premises. 1933. By John Leopold Denman for
the Citizens Permanent Building Society. Red brick laid in
stretcher bond with Portland stone dressings, roof of
pantiles.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic, 5-window range and symmetrical.
Entrances in the outer bays, with 3 round-arched windows
between, the whole front faced in stone up to the springing.
The flat-arched entrances are in shallow porches with canted
sides, panelled architrave, mould springing band, ribbed
blocking course and a keystone decorated with the emblem of
the building society. The windows are set in a
concave-chamfered architrave of stone decorated at the
springing and above with panels showing the building trades,
carved in relief by Joseph Cribb; original metal glazing bars
in the form of a central window brought forward as a small
canted bay with sidelights and radiating glazing bars above.
Deeper windows, probably to a staircase, in the outer bays of
first floor, with architraves and pediment on consoles,the
glazing in the form of a recessed canted bay with concave
sides; 3 inner windows simple flat-arched sashes with frames
brought out almost flush with the wall; the second-floor
windows are of the same type with a sill band of recessed
upright brickwork and plan panels of projecting brickwork
between; original rainwater goods; clock in an ornate and
bracketed wooden case centrally over first floor windows;
stone cornice; brick parapet with stone coping swept up at
ends to fluted urns; 3 hipped dormers in mansard roof; side
and ridge stacks.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
(Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-).

Listing NGR: TQ3131704482

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 20–22 Marlborough Place at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q212908

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