Numbers 4 to 7 and Attached Railings

Numbers 4 to 7 are a group of terraced houses built around 1846 by Thomas Cubitt in Brighton. They are constructed of stucco, with slate roofs to numbers 4 and 5, and parapeted roofs to the others. Numbers 4 and 5 have three storeys and dormers over a basement, while numbers 6 and 7 have three storeys and an attic over a basement. Each house has one window per floor. All window and door openings are flat-arched. Steps lead to each entrance, with doors that retain their original design, although they have been altered. To the left of each entrance is a canted bay with tripartite windows; the ground floor is treated as banded rustication. Cast-iron brackets and railings are present on the first-floor balconies; those to numbers 4 and 5 are continuous, and those to numbers 6 and 7 are also continuous. A first-floor canted bay features floor-to-ceiling tripartite windows centered on the elevation, offset from the lower bay. The bay to number 5 has been extended to the second floor, and a cornice is present on the first-floor bay and the second-floor of number 5. A storey band is situated between the second floor and the attic storey of numbers 6 and 7, while a projecting cornice defines the attic of these properties. Remnants of original sash windows remain in the first-floor bays and second-floor windows of number 4 (3x6 panes) and the dormers of the same unit (3x3 panes), as well as in the first-floor bays of number 7 (3x3 panes). Each basement has two windows with sash windows of original design (3x6 panes). Number 7 features a fluted Ionic column and impost block with entablature in place of a cast-iron balcony bracket, mirroring a feature found on number 8. Party wall stacks are present. The interior has not been inspected. Railings are present to the stairs and area. Numbers 4 to 7, together with numbers 1 to 17 Belgrave Place, form an important group and are of group value.