List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: NOS 18-30 (CONSECUTIVE) AND ATTACHED RAILINGS
List entry Number: 1187581
Location
NOS 18-30 (CONSECUTIVE) AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 18-30, PALMEIRA SQUARE
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| The City of Brighton and Hove | Unitary Authority | |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 10-Sep-1971
Date of most recent amendment: 02-Nov-1992
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 365602
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
HOVE
TQ2904SW PALMEIRA SQUARE
579-1/22/97 (West side)
10/09/71 Nos.18-30 (Consecutive)
and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
PALMEIRA SQUARE
Nos.1-30 (Consecutive))
GV II
Terrace of dwellings. 1860-65. Stucco over rubble and brick,
some structural cast-iron, hipped slate roofs behind moulded
parapet. Italianate style.
Terrace forming one of 2 sides of the square, abutting
Adelaide Crescent (qv) to south, No.18 returned to abut Nos
73-6 Western Road (qv).
5 storeys over basement, 3-window frontage to each unit
separated by quoins or pilasters forming 2:4:5:4:2 bays, all
sash windows without glazing bars, some windows with blind
boxes. Attic storey with 3 small square or round headed
windows resting on moulded cornice, third floor 3
square-headed windows resting on flat string with Vitruvian
scroll decoration, similar larger windows below with pilaster
surrounds carrying entablature, segmental pediment to centre,
first floor canted bay window with balustraded parapet resting
on balcony with cast-iron balustrade carried on shaped stone
brackets; ground floor tripartite window with twisted
cast-iron mullions, cast-iron window box guards to some
windows.
Flat-roofed paired Doric porches with balustrading, some with
glass panels between columns as windbreaks held in place by
wrought-iron supports. Entrances via short flights of steps,
fanlights, doors with 4 recessed panels and key pattern
decoration, some with inserted lights. Centre of terrace first
and second floor windows built out to form 2-storey loggia
resting on 3-bay colonnade of rusticated columns including a
single porch. Cast-iron railings returned from entrances along
street frontage.
Built for Sir Isaac Lyons Goldsmid as a continuation of
Adelaide Crescent (qv), the north side of the 'square' is
formed by Palmeira Mansions, Church Road (qv). Sir Isaac held
the Portuguese title of Baron Palmeira, hence the name of the
square.
Listing NGR: TQ2940504599
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National Grid Reference: TQ 29405 04599
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