124, 125 AND 126, MARINE PARADE

BRIGHTON

TQ3203NW MARINE PARADE 577-1/48/465 (North side) 13/10/52 Nos.124, 125 AND 126 and attached railings

GV II

Formerly known as: Nos.1, 2 AND 3 MARINE SQUARE. Terraced houses. c1827. Probably designed by Amon Wilds and Charles Augustin Busby. Stucco. Roof obscured by blocking course. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic over half basement. 2 windows each; 4-window range on right return elevation of No.126. Stairs up to paired entrances of No.124 and 125, the former flat arched with overlight, the latter round arched with fanlight. Both set under prostyle porch consisting of fluted Doric columns and entablature with projecting cornice. Flat-arched entrance with overlight to No.126 on return, set under prostyle porch consisting of half-fluted Doric columns and entablature, the frieze of which is ornamented with a key pattern; the side walls have a low parapet with glazing above. Basement and ground floor to Nos 125 and 126 have banded rustication, covered over with cement on No.124. The elevation of each treated as full-height and nearly full-width segmental bay. First-floor verandah continuous across the 3, with cast-iron brackets and railings; convex roof; valences to eaves of verandah roof. All windows flat arched, those to No.126 as well as to second and attic floors of No.124 have architraves and projecting sills supported by pairs of corbels. Storey band between second and attic floors, that to No.126, which is the most decorated of the group, moulded as a cornice. Same window arrangements on No.126 found on its return to Marine Square, except that in the first 2-window ranges all the windows are blocked. In the third-window range, a segmental bay with tripartite, flat-arched windows rises from the entry porch through the first and second floors to finishes in a half domed roof. In the 4th-window range there is a full-height segmental bay with one flat-arched window on each floor. Stacks to party and end walls. INTERIOR: not inspected. Railings to stairs and areas. Nos 111-119 (consecutive), 122-133 (consecutive), and 133A Marine Parade (qv) form a most important group together with the whole of Marine Square.

Listing NGR: TQ3237103722