3, Eaton Gardens

HOVE

TQ2805SE EATON GARDENS 579-1/14/40 (West side) 07/12/89 No.3

GV II

Villa, now flats. 1880s, built by William Willett. Yellow stock bricks, incised bricks and stone lintels, bitumen covered hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves carried on shaped brackets on facade, hipped roof to central projecting bay, tall paired stacks with moulded caps on returns. Plan: double-fronted with conservatory on north return. 2 storeys plus attic over basement, 3:1:3 bays, full-height canted bays flanking entrance bay, all window openings square-headed with chamfered and incised continuous lintels, cills carried on shaped brackets, sash windows without glazing bars, and with blind boxes except to central bay projecting through eaves, strongly moulded cornice, paired windows, flat-roofed attic windows abutting, sash windows with one vertical glazing bar, moulded cornice to ground floor, central round arched opening with large ornate capitals carried on slender columns set in arris, original panelled door with sidelights and fanlight approached by shallow flight of steps. Right return: coeval single-storey conservatory with curved glass roof and many-paned leading. Forms part of a group with Nos 8, and 14 Eaton Gardens (qv).

Listing NGR: TQ2898405133