8-15, Kemp Town Place

Kemp Town Place, Nos. 8-15

Mews buildings, now converted to houses, dating from 1824 to 1828. Originally known as Kemp Town Mews, these form the southern half of two parallel ranges of buildings, with the northern half (Nos. 1-7 and Nos. 1-3 Rock Grove) also listed separately. The buildings are constructed of brick with stucco dressings and slate roofs, though the roof of No. 12 has been "turnerised". The ground level features cobbles, some painted.

The range is unified by its consistent two-storey scale and repetition of similar materials and architectural elements, though the arrangement of individual units varies. Gate piers in stucco with ball finials mark the east and west ends, those at the east end being particularly notable.

Nos. 8-11 have not been as extensively restored as the remainder of the range and are now largely used for storage. No. 8 has a four-window frontage with a flat-arched entrance in the second window position, flanked by flat-arched windows; a stable door converted to garage sits at the right party wall, while first-floor windows are camber-arched except for a small bathroom window which is flat-arched.

No. 9, now vacant, has a three-window range with all windows camber-arched; the ground floor is occupied by later garage and storage spaces.

No. 10 has a five-window range with a segmental-arched entrance and overlight, a segmental-arched window to the left, and two additional segmental-arched openings to the right which are now blocked. The ground floor is entirely taken up with twentieth-century garages with concrete lintels on brick jambs.

No. 11 has a three-window range with a flat-arched entrance flanked by garages; the first-floor window range includes a segmental-arched window adjacent to a blocked loading bay door.

No. 12 has a three-window range with a flat-arched entrance and overlight, flanked by tripartite windows set under segmental arches (these elements date to the late twentieth century); the second and third window ranges have camber-arched windows, and a garage occupies the right party wall.

Nos. 13A, 13B, and 13C are subdivisions of a single unit and are slightly taller than the rest of the range, distinguished by continuous broad stucco storey bands and brick bands to the first floor. No. 13A has a two-window range with flat-arched entrance and window flanking it. No. 13B has a three-window range with flat-arched entrance and side windows; the top sash of the centre first-floor window retains its original ten-pane design. No. 13C has an entrance to the former No. 2 and a two-window range, both with camber-arched first-floor windows.

No. 14 has a two-window range with a flat-arched entrance and segmental-arched first-floor windows; the left window retains original 3/3 sashes, while the right window frame descends into the ground floor, suggesting it formerly served as a loading bay. A broad stucco storey band marks this unit.

No. 15 has a two-window range with all openings segmental-arched; all sashes are of original 3/3 design. The return on the brick has stucco facing.

The interior was not inspected at the time of listing.