Description

HOVE

TQ2905SW THE DRIVE
579-1/15/119 (West side)
No.79

GV II

House. 1888-1890. Architect H.B.Measures, builder William
Willett. Queen Anne Revival style. Red brick, terracotta
detailing, applied timber-framing and tile-hanging to
bargeboarded gable ends, left gable-end half-hipped, hipped
roof to oriel over entrance, tall polygonal stack with moulded
cap rising from eaves centre, simpler stacks rising on
returns. Plan: single-fronted. 3 storeys plus attic, 1:1 bays;
mixed fenestration, chamfered mullions to windows, many paned
sash windows to hipped dormer centre, also in tall gable end
right, second floor window right gives acess to balcony with
balustrade over 2-storey canted bay, half-hipped gable left
with 2 small many paned sash windows, oriel with sidelights to
first floor, rectangular unglazed openings to segmental-headed
recessed porch, door renewed. The 1898 street directory for
Hove lists this property as the Willett Estate Office.

Listing NGR: TQ2913205250

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504873

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)