Booth Museum of Natural History and Attached Walls and Railings
BOOTH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, DYKE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1380452
- Date first listed:
- 02-Mar-1981
- List Entry Name:
- Booth Museum of Natural History and Attached Walls and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- BOOTH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, DYKE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1380452
- Date first listed:
- 02-Mar-1981
- List Entry Name:
- Booth Museum of Natural History and Attached Walls and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- BOOTH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, DYKE ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BOOTH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, DYKE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- The City of Brighton and Hove (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 30175 05817
Details
BRIGHTON
TQ3005NW DYKE ROAD
577-1/19/207 (North East side)
Booth Museum of Natural History and
attached walls and railings
II
Museum. 1874. For Thomas Booth. Brown brick set in English
bond with dressings of stone, red, yellow and black brick,
some of it gauged, and blue glazed brick, roof of slate.
PLAN/EXTERIOR: the museum is a long shed with a plain,
unwindowed wall to the right-hand return, and a short, lower
extension at its north-eastern end. The street front is
treated in an Italian Romanesque style, with a flat-roofed
porch across the whole front and the rest of the gabled front
set back. Steps up to 2 identical round-arched entrances with
voussoirs of red, yellow and black brick under a round-arched
hoodmould, the voussoirs dying into a springing band of red,
black and blue-glazed brick; double doors with decorative
wrought-iron hinges. The pattern of round arches with
voussoirs, hoodmould and springing band continues over the
other openings: a niche between the doors and one either side
of them, and a window beyond that; elaborate entablature of
gauged brick with dentil work, frieze of upright bricks and
moulded brick cornice. The gable is decorated with banding and
diaper work in red brick, and one course of blue glazed brick
which forms part of a springing band to an arcade of 5 blank
round arches; Lombard frieze and moulded brick cornice to
gable. Lantern to ridge of roof.
INTERIOR: the interior is simply a long shed with a late C20
roof; the historical interest of the interior lies in the
cases presented by Booth, which line the walls and the centre
of the building, and show British birds in their natural
habitat.
Splayed walls either side of the building ending in coped red
brick piers; cast-iron railings to steps.
HISTORICAL NOTE: built by Thomas Booth to house his collection
of stuffed British birds; presented to Brighton Borough
Council in 1890 by his widow; and redesignated as a museum of
natural history in 1973.
(Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-).
Listing NGR: TQ3017505817
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 480614
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Carder, T, Encyclopaedia of Brighton, (1990)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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