Number 15 And Attached Railings

BRIGHTON

TQ3104SW PRINCE ALBERT STREET 577-1/64/700 (North East side) 13/10/52 No.15 and attached railings

GV II

House, now offices. Late C18. Red brick in Flemish bond and gauged brick lintels and stone dressings; stucco cement to porch. Roof obscured by parapet. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys over basement. 5-window range. Flat-arched entrance with overlight set in centre range. Reached up steps the entrance is under a Doric prostyle porch with pilaster responds, entablature and blocking course; the jambs of the door case are panelled and there is a 6-panelled door of original design. The basement storey is stucco treated as rustication. The window range above the entrance is narrower the 2 ranges to either side emphasizing the bilateral symmetry of the elevation. All windows are flat arched with projecting sills and keyed lintels of stone; the ground-floor windows have, in addition, cast-iron flower guards. At the corners are stone quoin strips, that on the left is partially obscured by the range of late C19 shop fronts. The second-floor windows are not as tall as those below and suggest the proportions of an attic storey. Above is a stone entablature with projecting cornice and parapet. All the windows have sashes of original design: in centre-range 6/6 and 3/3 to first and second floors respectively; to the ground and first floor of the remaining ranges the pattern is 8/8; to the second floor of the remaining ranges the pattern is 4/4. Stacks to party wall. INTERIOR: inside, the entrance hall has a very fine elliptical, diaphragm arch with keystone and panelled soffit all supported by a pair of panelled Tuscan pilasters. This arch leads to a dogleg stair, the rear wall of which is semicircular in plan for its full height. The handrail is wreathed above the bottom curtail step. There are brackets below each stair and on all vertical fascias to the landings; there is also a wall string and dado. The stairwell is lit by an elliptical light set in a coved ceiling. Many original doorcases remain in the rear section of the building on all floors. In the restoration carried out since 1970 the C20 shop front which marred the left-hand side of the ground floor was removed; the removal of the shop required the insertion of new bricks which are easily distinguished.

Listing NGR: TQ3103204107