Number 28 And Attached Railings

BRIGHTON

TQ3103NW OLD STEINE 577-1/46/625 (East side) 13/10/52 No.28 and attached railings

GV II

Terraced house. Late C18 or early C19; restored in late C20. Brick in Flemish bond and stucco. Roof of tile. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys over half basement. 2-window range. Steps up to round-arched entrance, fanlight, jambs and archivolts panelled. Entrance framed by an aedicule consisting of a pair of Tuscan columns, entablature impost blocks and pediment of raking cornice only. To the right a full-height segmental bay with tripartite, flat-arched windows. Sashes of original design to basement windows only: centre 3 x 6, side lights 2 x 4. To the left of the bay on first through third floors, a single window, which on the first floor is flat arched and in the floors above is camber arched. The first-floor verandah, the design of which has been attributed to the architect Charles Augustin Busby, is rectangular in plan and has cast-iron railings, stanchions and brackets: the railings are in the pattern of intersecting ogee arches, the stanchions are colonnettes cast to resemble bamboo poles, the metal roof has valance boards. Stack to right party wall. INTERIOR: not inspected. Cast-iron railings to stairs and area. Nos 20-31 (qv) form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ3136503966