Description

BRIGHTON

TQ3004SW PRESTON STREET
577-1/38/694 (East side)
13/10/52 No.66
The Royal Sovereign Hotel

GV II

Terraced house, now a public house. Early C19 with
single-storey addition to south of late C19. Stucco, roof of
slate.
3 storeys over basement, 3-window range, the original building
double-fronted. Flat-arched entrance between Doric pilasters,
with modillion cornice now mutilated. Full-height segmental
bays either side of entrance, with tripartite windows; one
central window to each floor, that to the first floor blind;
cornice and blocking course. Single-storey wing to south has
stepped, round-arched, 3-bay arcade to Preston Street and to
front part in Regent Mews, formed from panelled pilasters
carrying archivolts connected by a springing band, the
spandrels filled with scrolling ornament; entrance in
right-hand bay; fascia on console brackets with triglyph at
either end, cornice; parapet with central curved pediment
flanked by scrolled consoles; the springing band continues in
Regent Mews linking 2 round-arched windows to the east. Sashes
of original design to front and rear elevations of early C19
building.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ3034504308

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660931

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)