Number 141 And Attached Walls And Piers And Railings (Bristol Court)

BRIGHTON

TQ3203NE MARINE PARADE 577-1/49/471 (North side) 13/10/52 No.141 and attached walls, piers and railings (Bristol Court) (Formerly Listed as: MARINE PARADE No.141 Bristol Court West)

GV II

Also known as: Nos.1-4 (consec) Bristol Court MARINE PARADE. Terraced house divided into flats, built originally as private house, Bristol Court. c1825. Probably designed by Amon Wilds and Charles Augustin Busby. Stucco. Mansard roof of slate. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic over half basement; storey behind attic parapet added in late C20. 3-window range. Elevation treated as full-height and nearly full-width segmental bay. Ground floor, which is rusticated, has a porch enclosed by cast-iron railings; Tuscan colonnettes support a first-floor verandah with cast-iron railings and stanchions; metal roof concave in section. All windows are flat arched, those to the second and attic floors have architraves and projecting sills; each second-floor window has, in addition, a cornice supported by a pair of console brackets. Storey band between second floor and attic. Cornice and parapet broken into 3 sections by piers to attic storey. The entrance on the return is flat arched with over- and sidelights; 3-panel door of C19; chamfered door case. Entrance set under a Doric prostyle porch of 2 columns with an entablature frieze of continuous key pattern; sides of porch walled; roof of metal. Rustication from main elevation continues to right wall of entrance porch. Continuous across the return is a storey band between ground and first floors. Storey band between second floor and attic as well as cornice and parapet from main elevation also on return. Sashes of original design in entrance window range: 6 x 9 and 6 x 6 to the first and second floor respectively, and a circular light to the third attic floor. Windows to left of entrance and a flat-arched entrance to the rear of return are of C20 date. Stacks to end walls. INTERIOR: not inspected. Walls, piers and railings to either side of entrance and enclosing west end of Bristol court. Nos 137-143 Marine Parade (qv) form a group with Eastern Terrace (qv).

Listing NGR: TQ3254203669