Numbers 33 And 35 And Attached Railings

Two houses, numbers 33 and 35, were likely built around 1843 to 1845, probably by the Brighton architect Amon Henry Wilds. They are stucco-faced with a hipped slate roof featuring overhanging eaves. Each house has two storeys and a rusticated semi-basement, with two bays each. A prominent feature is the use of giant fluted Ionic pilasters which 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 up to a square Ionic porch, which has a deep entablature and corresponding pilasters. The sash windows in the inner bays are segmental-headed; those above the porch are round-headed within 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 remains uninspected. The property includes area railings and rails to the porch. The houses are part of a larger group of nine identical, semi-detached pairs, facing a similar row of four; numbers 1-35 (odd) and numbers 24-38 (even) form this group.