Number 28 and Attached Railings

NUMBER 28 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 28, EAST STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1380467
Date first listed:
20-Aug-1971
List Entry Name:
Number 28 and Attached Railings
Statutory Address:
NUMBER 28 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 28, EAST STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1380467
Date first listed:
20-Aug-1971
Date of most recent amendment:
26-Aug-1999
List Entry Name:
Number 28 and Attached Railings
Statutory Address 1:
NUMBER 28 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 28, EAST STREET

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
NUMBER 28 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 28, EAST STREET

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 31158 04050

Details

BRIGHTON

TQ3104SW EAST STREET
577-1/64/223 (South side)
20/08/71 No.28
and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
EAST STREET
Nos.26-31 (Consecutive))

II

Terraced house, now shops. Late C18 or early C19; shop front
of c1835, extra storey added in late C19. Stucco. Hipped roof
of slate.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic over basement. One-window range.
Ground floor taken up by segmental-bay shop front of early to
mid C19 date. All openings are flat arched. French doors to
tripartite opening on the first floor. These open onto a
shallow balcony enclosed by cast-iron railings in a fret and
anthemion pattern. The sashes to these doors have margin
lights and are of an early to mid C19 design: 4-pane transom,
3-pane French doors, and 3-pane sidelights. The second-floor
window was extended and now cuts into the entablature
separating the second and attic floors. The latter storey is a
late C19 addition. Above the entrance is an iron sign bracket
of late C19 or early C20 date. From the ground to second floor
a curved stair of original design.
Nos 26-31 and 33-36 East Street (qv) face onto what is, in
effect, a small square, which is formed by the widening of
East Street at its northern end. Legend has it that this group
was built on the site of a small wharf of an inlet.



Listing NGR: TQ3115804050

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
480656
Legacy System:
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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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