Number 28 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. A Late 18th century, Early 19th century Terraced house.

Number 28 and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
keen-sentry-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 October 1952
Type
Terraced house
Period
Late 18th century, Early 19th century
Address
Number 28 and Attached Railings, Old Steine, the City of Brighton and Hove
OS grid reference
TQ 313 039
Coordinates
50.82034, -0.13641
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 28 is a terraced house located on Old Steine in Brighton, dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century, and was restored in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of brick in Flemish bond with stucco and has a tiled roof.

The exterior features four storeys over a half basement and has a two-window range. There are steps leading up to a round-arched entrance, which includes a fanlight and panelled jambs and archivolts. The entrance is framed by an aedicule with a pair of Tuscan columns, an entablature with impost blocks, and a pediment that has a raking cornice. To the right, there is a full-height segmental bay with tripartite, flat-arched windows. The basement windows retain original sash designs, with the center window measuring 3 x 6 and the side lights measuring 2 x 4. To the left of the bay, there is a single window on the first through third floors; the first-floor window is flat arched, while the windows above are camber arched.

Notably, the first-floor verandah, attributed to the architect Charles Augustin Busby, is rectangular in plan and features cast-iron railings, stanchions, and brackets. The railings are designed with intersecting ogee arches, and the stanchions resemble bamboo poles. The metal roof of the verandah includes valance boards. A stack is present on the right party wall.

The interior has not been inspected, but there are cast-iron railings to the stairs and area. Number 28 is part of a group with numbers 20-31.

Local climate

Number 28 and Attached Railings receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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