32 And 33, Montpelier Crescent

These are a pair of terraced houses dating from around 1855, located on Montpelier Crescent in Brighton. The houses are constructed of stucco with a roof of Welsh slate.

The houses are three storeys high with a basement and have dormers in the roof. Number 32 has three windows across its frontage, while number 33 has four. The outer bay of each house is slightly recessed, while the inner part features long and short quoins, with the ground floor quoins being vermiculated. Each house has a segmental-arched entrance with an overlight. The windows in the inner bays all have flat arches, and those on the ground and first floors of both houses have blind boxes. A continuous balcony with cast-iron railings runs along the ground floor. A storey band separates the ground and first floors. The first-floor windows have pediments supported on consoles and individual balconies with cast-iron railings, except for the outer bays, which have round-arched windows with bracketed sills, segmental pediments and original glazing bars. A storey band originally ran between the first and second floors, but is missing from number 32. The second-floor windows have eared architraves and bracketed sills, except for the outer window to number 33, which lacks any mouldings. This outer window of number 33 retains its original sash windows with glazing bars. The inner bays have a band and modillion cornice, topped by a blocking course. Dormers are set into the mansard roof, and there are stacks built into the party walls.

The interior of the houses has not been inspected.