Numbers 1 And 3 And Attached Railings

Two houses, Numbers 1 and 3, dating to approximately 1843-1845, were likely designed by the Brighton architect Amon Henry Wilds. They are stucco-faced with hipped slate roofs and overhanging eaves. Each house has two bays, with a rusticated semi-basement. Giant fluted Ionic pilasters rise through the ground and first floors, framing the inner bay of each house and supporting segmental arches over the first-floor windows. The outer entrance bays are slightly recessed and feature steps leading to a square Ionic porch with a deep entablature and matching pilasters. The sash windows in the inner bays have segmental heads, while those above the porch are round-headed within a shallow round-arched recess. A string course runs above the basement, and there are cast-iron grilles to the ground-floor windows. Number 1 was repaired after industrial damage and now lacks its steps, porch, and left pilaster. The interior has not been inspected. The property includes area railings and rails to the porch. Numbers 1 and 3 are part of a group of nine identical, semi-detached pairs, facing a row of four similar houses; numbers 1-35 (odd) and 24-38 (even) comprise the group.