Numbers 5-20 and Attached Railings

NUMBERS 5-20 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 5-20, REGENCY SQUARE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1380803
Date first listed:
13-Oct-1952
List Entry Name:
Numbers 5-20 and Attached Railings
Statutory Address:
NUMBERS 5-20 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 5-20, REGENCY SQUARE
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Date:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1380803
Date first listed:
13-Oct-1952
Date of most recent amendment:
26-Aug-1999
List Entry Name:
Numbers 5-20 and Attached Railings
Statutory Address 1:
NUMBERS 5-20 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 5-20, REGENCY SQUARE

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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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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:
NUMBERS 5-20 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 5-20, REGENCY SQUARE

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 30334 04205

Details

BRIGHTON

TQ3004SW REGENCY SQUARE
577-1/38/737 (West side)
13/10/52 Nos.5-20 (Consecutive)
and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
REGENCY SQUARE
Nos.5-10 (Consecutive))
(Formerly Listed as:
REGENCY SQUARE
Nos.11, 12 AND 12A)
(Formerly Listed as:
REGENCY SQUARE
Nos.14-20 (Consecutive))

GV II*

Terraced houses. c1818. By Amon Wilds and Amon Henry Wilds.
Stuccoed to ground floor, painted brick above apart from Nos
7-8, 11 and 15 which are stuccoed all over, and No.18 which
has unpainted brick on the upper floors. Roofs of slate.
EXTERIOR: 4 storeys over basement with dormers, except for Nos
14-20 which are of 3 storeys; one-window range in the form of
a broad triple or tripartite window to bay, except for No.12
which is of 3-window range. Ground floor decorated with banded
rustication. Steps up to porch of Doric columns and
entablature, except for Nos 5, 15, 17 and 19-20 which are
Ionic, No.15 mutilated. Recessed round-arched entrance with
fanlight. All windows flat-arched. Full-height segmental bay
to right of entrance, wider above the ground floor. Bays have
triple windows except for Nos 6 first, second and third
floors, 14 and 15 ground floor and 16-18, which are tripartite
and No.12 which has 2 windows to ground floor and 3 above.
Balcony to first floor with cast-iron railings except on No.5
where it is missing and Nos 6, 10, 12 and 16-18 which have
canopies also; storey band between second and third floors;
cornices interrupted on Nos 5 and 6, missing on Nos 13 and 19;
Nos 11-13 have attic storey with secondary cornice; blocking
course; dormers in mansard roof; stacks to party walls.
Cast-iron railings to steps and area with conical finials.
Features of interest on individual houses are: No.5, panelled
reveals to entrance and decorative glazing to overlight,
mullions to first-, second-, and third-floor windows decorated
with reeding; No.6 has panelled door of original design and
decorative glazing to fanlight; Nos 7-9 have Greek key
ornament and paterae to porch entablature and decorative
glazing to fanlight; No.1 has triglyphs and paterae to porch
entablature, blind boxes to second floor; Nos 12-13 have
triglyphs and paterae to porch entablature and decorative
glazing to fanlight; No.12 has panelled door and sashes of
original design and cast-iron window-guards to ground floor;
No.13 has triglyphs, paterae and mutule cornice to porch
entablature, and sashes of original design; No.15 has
re-entrant angle to porch and sashes of original design; No.16
has re-entrant angle to porch, Greek key and paterae to porch
entablature and sashes of original design; No.17 has
pulvinated frieze to porch entablature, cast-iron
window-guards to ground floor and sashes of original design to
first and second floors; No.18 has modillion cornice to porch
entablature and sashes of original design; No.20 has former
round-arched entrance, now blocked, on right-hand return,
decorated with banded rustication and framed by pilasters and
entablature.
INTERIOR: not inspected.




Listing NGR: TQ3033404205

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
481127
Legacy System:
LBS

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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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