Numbers 36 And 38 And Attached Railings

Two houses, dating from approximately 1843 to 1845, likely designed by the Brighton architect Amon Henry Wilds. The houses are constructed of stucco with a hipped slate roof and overhanging eaves. Each house has two storeys and a rusticated semi-basement, with two bays. Giant, fluted Ionic pilasters extend through the ground and first floors, framing the inner bay of each house and supporting segmental arches above the first-floor windows. The outer entrance bays are slightly recessed and include steps leading to a square Ionic porch with a deep entablature and corresponding pilasters—the porch to Number 34 is missing. The sash windows in the inner bays have segmental heads, while those above the porch are round-headed within shallow round-arched recesses. A string course sits above the basement. The interior has not been inspected. The property includes cast-iron area railings and rails to the porch. These houses are part of a row of four identical, semi-detached pairs set back from the street, overlooking a similar row of nine properties; Numbers 1-35 (odd) and 24-38 (even) comprise a group.