Numbers 5-20 And Attached Railings

Terraced houses at Numbers 5-20 Regency Square, Brighton, built circa 1818 by Amon Wilds and Amon Henry Wilds, with attached railings.

The buildings form a Grade II* listed group, originally listed in separate parts but now consolidated. They display four storeys over a basement with dormers, except Numbers 14-20 which have three storeys. Each house is designed as a one-window range in the form of a broad triple or tripartite window to a bay, with the exception of Number 12 which has a three-window range.

The exterior features stuccoed ground floors with painted brick above, except for Numbers 7-8, 11 and 15 which are stuccoed throughout, and Number 18 which has unpainted brick on the upper floors. The roofs are slate.

Ground floors are decorated with banded rustication. Steps lead up to porches with columns and entablatures: most have Doric columns, but Numbers 5, 15, 17 and 19-20 have Ionic columns, with Number 15's being mutilated. Recessed round-arched entrances feature fanlights. All windows are flat-arched. A full-height segmental bay stands to the right of each entrance, wider above ground floor. The bays contain triple windows except on Numbers 6 (first, second and third floors), 14 and 15 (ground floor) and 16-18, which have tripartite windows, and Number 12 which has two windows to the ground floor and three above.

First-floor balconies feature cast-iron railings except on Number 5 where it is missing, and Numbers 6, 10, 12 and 16-18 which have canopies as well. A storey band divides the second and third floors. Cornices are interrupted on Numbers 5 and 6, missing on Numbers 13 and 19. Numbers 11-13 have an attic storey with a secondary cornice. A blocking course runs across, with dormers in the mansard roof and stacks positioned at party walls. Cast-iron railings to steps and basement areas are finished with conical finials.

Individual features of architectural interest include: Number 5, with panelled reveals to the entrance, decorative glazing to the overlight, and mullions to first, second and third-floor windows decorated with reeding; Number 6, with a panelled door of original design and decorative glazing to the fanlight; Numbers 7-9, with Greek key ornament and paterae to the porch entablature and decorative glazing to the fanlight; Number 11, with triglyphs and paterae to the porch entablature and blind boxes to the second floor; Numbers 12-13, with triglyphs and paterae to the porch entablature and decorative glazing to the fanlight; Number 12 additionally has a panelled door and sashes of original design with cast-iron window-guards to the ground floor; Number 13 has a triglyphs, paterae and mutule cornice to the porch entablature and sashes of original design; Number 15 has a re-entrant angle to the porch and sashes of original design; Number 16 has a re-entrant angle to the porch, Greek key and paterae to the porch entablature and sashes of original design; Number 17 has a pulvinated frieze to the porch entablature, cast-iron window-guards to the ground floor and sashes of original design to the first and second floors; Number 18 has a modillion cornice to the porch entablature and sashes of original design; Number 20 has a former round-arched entrance, now blocked, on its right-hand return, decorated with banded rustication and framed by pilasters and entablature.

The interiors were not inspected at the time of listing.