Numbers 19 And 21 And Attached Railings

Numbers 19 and 21 are terraced houses located on Roundhill Crescent in Brighton, built around 1865. The exterior features stucco scored to resemble ashlar, with a roof of tiles on No.1, while the roofs of the other houses are obscured by a parapet.

The buildings rise three storeys above a basement, each with three windows. They are designed with full-height pilasters that are rusticated at the ground floor and have two blocks at the cornice level. There are steps leading up to a round-arched entrance that includes a moulded archivolt, a fanlight, and a panelled door. A springing band connects the entrance archivolt to those over the two round-arched ground-floor windows, which also feature panelled aprons. The first- and second-floor windows are flat-arched with moulded architraves. A bracketed balcony with a cast-iron balustrade of scrolling foliage is present on the first floor, while the second floor has small bracketed sills with cast-iron window-guards. The buildings have a cornice and parapet, with stacks on the party walls, and corniced gate piers leading to the steps. The area is enclosed by cast-iron railings topped with spearhead finials.

Distinctive features include a two-storey side porch at No.19, which has a round-arched entrance with an architrave and springing band, and three windows on the ground floor. However, No.19 has lost its mouldings on the first and second-floor windows and lacks window-guards on the second floor. No.21 does not have a panelled door, and it retains mouldings on the first and second-floor windows, but also lacks window-guards on the second floor. The interior has not been inspected.