Mathematical and Physical Sciences I Including Staircase to South and East to West Wing Attached to East Pevensey Building
MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES I INCLUDING STAIRCASE TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST WING ATTACHED TO EAST, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1381049
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Mathematical and Physical Sciences I Including Staircase to South and East to West Wing Attached to East Pevensey Building
- Statutory Address:
- MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES I INCLUDING STAIRCASE TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST WING ATTACHED TO EAST, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1381049
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Mathematical and Physical Sciences I Including Staircase to South and East to West Wing Attached to East Pevensey Building
- Statutory Address 1:
- MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES I INCLUDING STAIRCASE TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST WING ATTACHED TO EAST, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
- Statutory Address 2:
- PEVENSEY BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
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:
- MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES I INCLUDING STAIRCASE TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST WING ATTACHED TO EAST, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
- Statutory Address:
- PEVENSEY BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
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 34726 09050
Details
BRIGHTON
TQ3408 UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
577-1/11/1132 Pevensey Building
30/03/93
GV II*
Includes: Mathematical & Physical Sciences I incl staircase to
S & E-W wing attached to E UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX.
Physics building. 1960-62. Designed by Sir Basil Spence. Red
brick with bare, board-marked concrete. Timber frames to
windows. Flat roof. Courtyard plan with wing projecting to
east. Main facade, facing west into Fulten Court, of 3
storeys, 11 bays, treated as a 'giant order', with windows
recessed behind projecting brick buttresses topped by
projecting concrete cornice with segmental arches to
underside. Open arcade to ground floor with segmental arched
concrete lintels above; first floor windows also topped by
segmental arched concrete lintels.
Rear north-south wing, attached to the eastern projection, not
included in this listing.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ3472609050
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 481394
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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