Numbers 8, 9 and 10 and Attached Railings

Numbers 8, 9, and 10 are a group of three terraced houses built in 1846, located on the north side of Belgrave Place in Brighton. They are stucco-faced with parapeted roofs. The three houses are designed as a single, symmetrical composition, with the central house slightly projecting and topped by a shallow pediment. The houses are three storeys high with an attic, and have a basement. All windows are flat-arched. Each house has steps leading to an entrance, with an overlight above the door. The ground floors are treated with banded rustication. Numbers 8 and 10 have a single window either side of the entrance, while Number 9 has two. A continuous first-floor balcony features cast-iron brackets and railings. The first-floor windows are floor-to-ceiling, each framed by an architrave and pediment supported by console brackets; the pediments alternate between triangular and segmental. Quoins run up the corners of the central house from the first floor to the attic storey. Second-floor windows have architraves and projecting sills. A storey band separates the second floor from the attic. Attic windows also possess projecting sills. An entablature with a projecting cornice runs across the top of the building. The centre-window range of Number 9 is blocked on the second and attic floors. Numbers 8 and 10 share entrance landings with numbers 7 and 11. Number 8 has a fluted, Ionic column with an impost block and dentil cornice in place of the usual balcony bracket, a feature shared with Number 7. There are railings to the stairs and areas. The basement windows retain original sashes, measuring 10 x 10 panes to Number 8 and 6 x 6 panes to Number 9. The entablature of the central house displays the date "1846" and the words "Belgrave Place". The interior of the houses has not been inspected. Numbers 1-17 Belgrave Place form an important group.