Number 79 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Terraced house.
Number 79 and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- odd-thatch-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1952
- Type
- Terraced house
- Address
- Number 79 and Attached Railings, Preston Street, the City of Brighton and Hove
- OS grid reference
- TQ 303 042
- Coordinates
- 50.82272, -0.15124
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 79 is a terraced house located on Preston Street in Brighton, built between 1822 and 1830. It is likely designed by Amon Wilds and Charles Augustus Busby, possibly involving the refronting of an existing building. The house is constructed of stucco, with the roof hidden behind a parapet. It has two storeys above a basement and features a two-window range. The entrance is flat-arched with a bracketed canopy above, and there may be a passage entrance to the left. There is a full-height segmental bay that is slightly recessed, with central mullions and curved casements of original design. Both floors have cast-iron window guards. The building is topped with a cornice and a balustraded parapet that bows over the bay, complete with ball finials at either end. The steps and area are enclosed by cast-iron railings featuring fleur-de-lys finials. The property was originally listed in error as No. 70 Preston Street.
Local climate
Number 79 and Attached Railings receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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