5, Preston Street

No. 5 Preston Street is a mid-19th century terraced house with a contemporary shop front located in Brighton. The building is finished in stucco and has a roof that is obscured by a parapet. It stands four storeys high over a basement and features a one-window range.

On the right side of the building, there is a fluted pilaster at the ground floor that transitions into a console bracket at the first-floor level, and then becomes a rusticated pilaster as quoins up to the third floor, where it is broken off. There is no corresponding feature on the left side.

The right side has a flat-arched entrance with decorative glazing in the overlight and a panelled door that retains its original design. The left side also has a flat-arched entrance with an overlight, but it lacks original details. Between the two entrances, engaged Corinthian columns flank a shop window, which is now made of plate glass, and support an altered fascia and cornice. There are cast-iron railings on the first-floor balcony, and a canted bay window on the first and second floors. All windows are flat-arched, and the building has a cornice and blocking course at the top. The interior has not been inspected.