Number 51 And Attached Railings

BRIGHTON

TQ3104SW OLD STEINE 577-1/64/632 (West side) No.51 and attached railings

II

Terraced house, now offices. Early to mid C19, restored since 1990. Stucco. Roof parapeted. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic over basement. 3-window range; 4-window range to return. Main elevation has full-height canted bay. Ground floor treated as banded, chamfered rustication which continues along the return. All windows are flat arched with projecting sills except for those on the first floor which are segmental arched. First-floor balcony supported on cast-iron brackets and enclosed by cast-iron railings. There are cast-iron flower guards of mid to late C19 to the ground-floor windows of the bay only. Entablature with projecting cornice separates the second floor from the attic storey; sills of attic windows level with the upper fascia of this cornice. Smaller cornice to attic. The entablature and upper cornice continue across the return, where there is flat-arched entrance with overlight, set in an aedicule consisting of a pair of Tuscan pilasters and entablature. To the left of this aedicule a segmental bay with tripartite windows. The third- and 4th-window ranges on the return are blocked. Sashes of original design to the attic-bay windows: 3/6 to centre and 1/2 to sides which have margin lights; to the right of this one window with 3/6 sashes of an original design. Stacks to return and rear walls. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ3119604010