58, The Drive is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1992. Villa. 2 related planning applications.

58, The Drive

WRENN ID
calm-plaster-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Hove and Portslade MP: Peter Kyle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1992
Type
Villa
Address
58, The Drive, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN3 3PD
OS grid reference
TQ 291 050
Coordinates
50.8309, -0.16723
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a villa built in the 1880s by William Willett. It is constructed of yellow stock bricks, with an elaborate use of moulded and incised brickwork for cornices, aprons, string courses, and lintels. The basement is rendered, and the roof is slate, with 20th-century dormers and a central ridge as well as end stacks that form a continuous wall. The house has a double-fronted plan. It is two storeys high, plus an attic over a basement, and features a 3:1:3 bay arrangement with full-height bays flanking a central bay. The windows are sash windows without glazing bars, set within segmental-headed openings, with cills on shaped brackets. A round-arched entrance is supported by rusticated piers with ornate capitals, leading to a recessed panelled door with a fanlight and sidelights, approached by a shallow flight of steps. The building is part of a group of buildings designed by Willett, located along The Drive.

Local climate

58, The Drive receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 22 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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