Esplanade Cottages

Esplanade Cottages is a pair of former cottages located beneath the esplanade in Kemp Town, Brighton, designed by architect H E Kendall junior. The building features a cement front and is styled in a classical manner. It stands two storeys high and has four windows. A cornice with modillions and a parapet is supported by six Tuscan pilasters. The upper storey has four shallow window openings that were boarded over at the time of the survey. The ground floor includes a large round-arched opening in the center, flanked by smaller doorways and two round-headed arches, which were blocked at the time of the survey. The building has a plinth and projecting full-height end chimneys that are rusticated with panelled caps. Esplanade Cottages forms part of a group with the former old Reading Room, the tunnel entrance, and The Temple.