47, Old Steine

BRIGHTON

TQ3103NW OLD STEINE 577-1/46/631 (South West side) 20/08/71 No.47

GV II

Corner house. Early C19. Stucco. Roof obscured by parapet. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic over basement. Main elevation of 3-window range and return are linked by broad, curved corner of one-window range. To either side of the corner is a full-height, shallow, rectangular bay which is topped by a pediment. Flat-arched entrance with door of C19 design set into bay near corner; cornice above second floor of the 2 bays only. Ground floor has banded rustication which turns the corner; ground floor of return obscured. Rustication terminates at left party wall in pilaster strip, above which rises a giant pilaster to first and second floors. Cornice to pilaster, continuous across the facades, its upper fascia level with the sills of attic windows; attic finishes with a cornice. All windows are flat arched with projecting sills; above 2 ground floor windows is a single recessed panel; first-floor windows are floor-to-ceiling; sill band to second-floor windows. All mouldings and bands continue across the corner. Return elevation similar to main. Sashes of original design: to corner-window range, 6/6, 9/9, 6/6 and 3/6, ground floor through attic respectively; next to corner on return, 6/6 and 3/6 (now painted) to second floor and attic respectively; third-window range of return recently rebuilt, 9/9, 6/6, and 3/6 to first floor through attic respectively; the second-range of the return is blocked. INTERIOR: not inspected. Nos 44 and 47 (qv) form a group together with Royal York Buildings (qv).

Listing NGR: TQ3120703969