Numbers 29 And 31 And Attached Railings

Two houses, built around 1843 to 1845. They were likely designed by the Brighton architect Amon Henry Wilds. The houses are constructed of stucco with a hipped slate roof that has overhanging eaves. Each house has two storeys and a rusticated semi-basement, with two bays each. Giant, fluted Ionic pilasters rise through the ground and first floors, flanking the inner bay of each house and supporting segmental arches above the first-floor windows. The outer entrance bays are slightly recessed with steps leading to a square Ionic porch, featuring a deep entablature and matching pilasters for the door surround. The windows are sash windows; those in the inner bays have segmental heads, while those above the porch are round-headed and set in a shallow round-arched recess. A string course runs above the basement. Decorative cast-iron grilles are fitted to the ground-floor windows. The interior has not been inspected. The properties include area railings and rails to the porch. These houses are part of a group of nine identical, semi-detached pairs facing a similar row of four houses; numbers 1-35 (odd) and 24-38 (even) comprise the group.