Norfolk Resort Hotel

BRIGHTON

TQ3004SW KING'S ROAD 577-1/38/355 (North side) 20/08/71 No.149 Norfolk Resort Hotel

GV II

Hotel. 1865. By Horatio Goulty. Stucco, roof of lead. EXTERIOR: 5 and 6 storeys over basement, 7-window range. The ground floor stands forward; central entrance flanked by Corinthian columns with outer engaged Corinthian columns set back; ornate keystone over entrance; entablature which breaks forward twice over the entrance and extends across the whole front; late C20 glazing; continuous cast-iron railings above the entablature forming a first-floor balcony. The central part of the front, 3 windows wide, stands slightly forward, edged with pilasters treated as quoins. All windows flat-arched with a segmental archivolt and keystone over. The second floor has continuous balconies to the centre and wings, with cast-iron railings between piers; sill band to third floor windows forming shallow balconies; bracketed eaves cornice; the centre carried up to a 6th floor with 6 windows linked by an arcade of engaged columns and segmental archivolts with keystones, and bracketed eaves cornice; the side bays have pedimented dormers; broad arcaded side stacks with bracketed cornices, narrower stacks also with bracketed cornices either side of centre; mansard roofs of curved profile. INTERIOR: the only features to survive are the cantilevered staircase rising through 4 storeys and a glass dome to the right of the staircase, decorated with gilded arabesques. The staircase has cast-iron balusters with monograms, ramped rail and open decorative string, but no newel; there used to be a lift in the well of the staircase, and the lift gates remain as part of the balustrade.

Listing NGR: TQ3002104214