Exton House, Walls and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1992. House, flats. 6 related planning applications.

Exton House, Walls and Railings

WRENN ID
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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
House, flats
Address
Exton House, Walls and Railings, 4, Second Avenue, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN3 2LG
OS grid reference
TQ 291 044
Coordinates
50.82554, -0.16759
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Exton House, now flats, was built in 1876-7. It is constructed of yellow stock bricks, with extensive use of moulded bricks for cornices, strings, and other decorative details. The roof is shallow-pitched and covered with slate tiles, with tall brick stacks featuring moulded caps at the centre and returns. The building is double-fronted and has three storeys plus an attic over a basement, arranged with a 3:1:3 bay configuration. A shallow bow window is on the left, and a canted bay window is on the right. The attic has segmental-headed dormers containing sash windows with a single vertical glazing bar, while all other windows lack glazing bars. A dentil moulded cornice with a decorative frieze runs around the building, with the first-floor centre window framed by an open pediment supported by Ionic pilasters. The ground floor windows have cills carried on shaped brackets. The entrance features composite columns supporting shaped brackets and a decorative frieze on the entablature, with an original panelled door, a fanlight, and a lamp. A flight of steps leads to the entrance, with cast-iron railings alongside. Brick walls with square piers and moulded caps front the property. A similar arrangement of one bow and one canted bay is also found at No.6 Grand Avenue.

Local climate

Exton House, Walls and Railings 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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