Details
BRIGHTON
TQ3004SW ORIENTAL PLACE
577-1/38/645 (East side)
13/10/52 Nos.19-35 (Consecutive)
and attached railings
GV II*
Terraced houses. 1827. By Amon Henry Wilds. Stucco, roofs of
slate to Nos 21, 26 and 34, of tiles to Nos 22-24, asbestos
slate to former No.28 and former No.30, otherwise obscured by
parapet.
EXTERIOR: 4 storeys over basement except Nos 21-24, 26 and
former No.30; dormers to Nos 21-24, 26, former Nos 30, 32 and
34; 3-window range. The terrace is roughly symmetrical, with
ranges of matching design either side of a centrepiece, except
that the southernmost range is missing. The features common to
all houses are: ground floor decorated with banded
rustication; round-arched entrance with fanlight; 2
round-arched windows to ground floor with springing band and
blank balustrade to apron; continuous first-floor balcony with
cast-iron railings; all windows above ground floor
flat-arched; entablature over second-floor windows; attic
storey or dormers in mansard; stacks to party walls; cast-iron
railings to steps and area with conical finials.
The features which distinguish the different ranges are: the
centrepiece at Nos 27-former No.29, nine-window range, giant
fluted pilasters with ammonite capitals to first and second
floors, storey band between these floors, plain pilaster
between attic windows, stepped and panelled pediment to centre
windows, but missing over southernmost; then Nos 26 and former
No.30, 3-window range and no pilasters, storey band between
first and second floors; then Nos 25 and former No.31,
3-window range, giant fluted pilasters with ammonite capitals
to first and second floors, storey band between these floors,
entablature and pediment, pilasters between attic windows,
cornice and blocking course; then 2 windows of No.21 and Nos
22-24 (eleven-window range) and former Nos 32-35
(twelve-window range), round-arched architrave over first
floor windows with shell-mould in the tympana, entablature and
blocking course to Nos 21-24 which have dormers in mansard
roof, attic storey to former Nos 32-35; then Nos 19-20 and one
window of No.21, 7-window range, fluted giant pilasters with
ammonite capitals to first and second floors, storey band
between these floors, entablature, pediment over 3 central
windows, attic storey with pilaster between windows.
Features of interest on individual houses are: Nos 19 and 20
have sashes of original design to all floors including
radiating glazing bars to ground floor; No.21 has panelled
door of original design and sashes of original design to first
and second floors; former No.22 has sashes of original design
to ground floor; No.25 has sashes of original design to second
floor; No.28 has sashes of original design to third floor;
former No.29 has individual cast-iron balconies; former No.30
and No.31 have individual cast-iron balconies and sashes of
original design to first and second floors, No.31 also to
third floor; former No.31 has individual cast-iron balconies
and sashes of original design to first floor; No.33 has sashes
of original design to first, second and third floor and blind
boxes to first and second floors; No.35 has enclosed
single-storey porch with sunk Doric columns to corners, banded
rustication, round-arched entrance with fanlight, cornice and
blocking course. No.19 has return in Smallwood Place, 5 window
range; round-arched entrance with round-arched architrave
under an open pediment on reeded consoles; round-arched
windows to ground floor, flat-arched windows above; several
blind; giant Doric pilasters to first and second floors;
several blind; one ground-floor window with sashes of original
design including radiating glazing bars; all upper windows not
blind have sashes of original design.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ3014704240
