86 And 87, Western Road

HOVE

TQ2904NE WESTERN ROAD 579-1/19/147 (North side) Nos.86 AND 87

GV II

Shop, with storage over. c1886-7, facade redesigned c1910, altered late C20. Render over brick, roof concealed behind parapet. Plan: 1 unit in terrace, abutting No.85 (not included) to west and to east Nos 88, 89 & 90 on ground floor and on the upper floors the south return of No.59 Lansdowne Place (qv). 3 storeys, 4 bays; the building distingished by pilaster quoins, dentil moulded cornice, fluted string, all square window openings with rounded corners in moulded surrounds, cills on brackets mostly with cast-iron window box guards, sash windows with one vertical glazing bar. Nos 87 & 87 originally had slender columns with arch-head openings, now cut with inserted plate glass; ornate fascia to a double-fronted shop with glazing bars of slender columns carrying arch-head openings, now obscured, shaped head to door with Art Nouveau-style fanlight above, clear glass. Forms part of a good group with buildings to east (qv).

Listing NGR: TQ2962704570