Numbers 4 And 5 And 6 And Attached Railings

Numbers 4, 5, and 6 on Richmond Terrace in Brighton are three terraced houses designed as a single composition under a broad pediment, built in 1818 by Amon Wilds. The houses are constructed of stucco, and their roofs are obscured by the pediment.

The exterior features four storeys over a basement, with one window for each house. The ground floor is decorated with banded rustication. Numbers 4 and 6 have narrow, flat-arched entrances with overlights, positioned on either side of a broad, central segmental-arched porch. The entrance to No. 5 is located within the porch and is a replacement. No. 4 has a round-arched window on the ground floor with original sash windows, while No. 6 has an altered round-arched window. No. 5 features a segmental-arched window. The upper floors are more symmetrical, with No. 5 having broader windows. The first floor includes flat-arched French windows, with No. 5 having tripartite windows that feature mullions treated as fasces. All three windows have bracketed verandahs with concave canopies, notable for their decorative railings and supports designed as columns in ornate ironwork with Ionic capitals, which support an elaborate and fantastical entablature. There is a sill band for the low second-floor windows, a cornice, and lunettes in the attic. The fasces design continues through the upper windows of No. 5, and there is a secondary cornice and a shallow pediment that terminates in round-arched antefixae.

The interior has not been inspected. The property includes cast-iron railings with spearhead finials surrounding the area, and a broad flight of steps in front of the houses is flanked by squat columns that carry lanterns topped with crowns, commemorating the visits of George IV to the house of his Lord Chancellor, Lord Combermere.