Numbers 4 And 5 And 6 And Attached Railings

BRIGHTON

TQ3104NE RICHMOND TERRACE 577-1/34/752 (East side) 13/10/52 Nos.4, 5 AND 6 and attached railings

GV II

3 terraced houses treated as a single composition under a broad pediment. 1818. By Amon Wilds. Stucco, roof obscured by pediment. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys over basement, one window each. Ground floor decorated with banded rustication. Narrow, flat-arched entrances with overlights to Nos 4 and 6 either side of a broad, central segmental-arched porch; the entrance to No.5 is within the porch and is a replacement; Nos 4 and 6 have one round-arched window to ground floor, that to No.4 with sashes of original design, that to No.6 altered in part; No.5 has a segmental-arched window; the upper floors are more clearly symmetrical, No.5 having broader windows: the first floor has flat-arched French windows,those to No.5 tripartite with mullions treated as fasces; all 3 windows have bracketed verandahs with concave canopies notable for their decorative railings and supports which are treated as columns in ornate ironwork with Ionic capitals supporting an elaborate and fantastic ornate entablature; sill band to low second-floor windows; cornice; lunettes to attic; the fasces continue through the upper windows of No.5; secondary cornice; shallow pediment terminating in round-arched antefixae. INTERIOR: not inspected. Cast-iron railings with spearhead finials to area; the broad flight of steps in front of the houses flanked by squat columns carrying lanterns surmounted by crowns which commemorate the visits of George IV to the house of his Lord Chancellor, Lord Combermere. (Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-).

Listing NGR: TQ3157304975