Numbers 70 and 71 and 72 and Attached Piers and Railings

Details

BRIGHTON

TQ3103NE MARINE PARADE
577-1/47/447 (North side)
27/10/89 Nos.70, 71 AND 72
and attached piers and railings
(Formerly Listed as:
MARINE PARADE
No.70
part of The Lanes Hotel)

II

Terraced houses. Early C19 date; No.70 remodelled in 1880 by
Robert W Edis, the builder was Messrs. George Lynn and Sons,
of Marlborough Street, Brighton; and Nos 71 and 72 remodelled
in a similar style c1885. Knapped flint with red-brick
dressings, third floor and attic gables hung with fishscale
tiles on the main elevation, and the reverse pattern on the
return. Roof of plain tile. Stacks of brick.
EXTERIOR: 4 storeys and dormers over basement. 6-window range
across the 3 units; return has scattered fenestration. The
front wall of Nos 71 and 72 are not parallel with the
pavement, but angle southwards from that of No.70 which is set
well back. A notice in "The Building News" (5 March, 1880,
page 276 and illustration on page 291) describes the style as
"that of the 16th and 17th century" of an old Sussex type;
Queen Anne Revival style. The elevation of each unit is
dominated by a full-height canted bay topped by a gable. The
gable to No.70 is the largest of the 3. Many windows of
original design survive, most with small-pane upper sashes and
plate glass to the lower sashes; basement windows segmental
brick-arched with rusticated stone inner surrounds; some
camber-arched windows on the second floor, otherwise windows
have flat brick arches. Windows of various sizes, their outer
jambs of moulded brick. The ground floor in red brick; the
first floor the same brick mixed in with some regularly
coursed flints; the second floor has more flint still, while
the third is completely hung with fishscale tiles. The dormers
stand on the line of the party walls between Nos 70-71, and
71-72; their windows are flat-arched, the gables are
tile-hung. Originally there was a continuous first-floor
verandah across the 3 units; where it survives it has turned
and bobbin wood balusters, wood stanchions, and a tile-covered
roof. In the C20 a 3-storey metal porch which reuses some of
the original bobbin balusters replaced the porch of No.71; the
verandah returns for a short distance on No.70. Each unit has
a separate, flat-arched entry, reached by stairs and a terrace
spanning the area; the latter are much altered. The
arrangement of features on the return facade is even more
informal than that on the main elevation, with the same
variety of window types and sizes. Here evenly coursed,
knapped flint predominates, with the red brick restricted to
window dressings, 4 pilaster strips and as many as 8
horizontal bands; in places the horizontal bands are moulded
and form sill bands. The most prominent features on the return
are located near the corner: a 2-storey, gabled stair tower
with a brick plaque on the ground floor and larger rectangular
field on the first; the latter, which is very weathered, is of
rubbed brick and depicts a field of flowers, with a blank area
in the centre for a lamp standard, now gone; the gable and
roof are tile-hung. To the left of the stair tower is
segmental-arched entry with side- and overlights filled with
coloured glass in lead lights; original door; the entry is set
under a porch made of wood bobbin balusters and chamfered wood
posts which support a gable roof with overhanging eaves and
barge boards; the roof is tile-hung and has a turned-wood
finial above at its ridge. To the left of the entry, on the
second and third floors, is a canted bay with tripartite
windows; this feature is not to be found in Edis' 1880
perspective, and may have been added when Nos 71 and 72 were
altered. Likewise, the full-height gabled bay at the rear of
the return is different from that one sketched by Edis in
1880: in the lower 2 storeys the extant bay is canted, while
in third and 4th floors it is rectangular, oversailing the
lower section on wooden brackets; in the original drawing this
range is only 3 storeys high with an oversailing top storey
only. In the roof, in line with the entry porch, is a gabled,
tile-hung dormer. Stack to outer wall of return, near the
corner, is decorated brick, as are the other stacks at the
party and back walls. The designs of Nos 71 and 72 reproduce
many of the features just described; they have suffered
alterations in the C20 and are included for their group value.
INTERIORS: the plan of ground and first floors of No.70 was,
according to the "Building News", "based upon the lines
determined by the walls of the old house". No.70 retains much
of its original leaded and coloured glass, wall panelling, and
decorative plaster work; of special note is a balustrade of
metal and wood. No.71's entrance foyer has coloured glass in
leaded lights and a ceiling of decorative plaster work. The
front room of No.72 has original wood wall panelling with a
fire surround of blue glazed terracotta tiles and a ceiling of
decorative plaster work. A grey plaque next to entry of No.72
reads: "Ivor Novello, Composer, Actor, Author, Born 15 January
1893 -- Died 6 March 1951, was inspired to write from these
premises".
Railings to area.





Listing NGR: TQ3196703808

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Sources

Books and journals
The Builder News in March 5, (1880), 276, 291

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