Description

BRIGHTON

TQ3004SW WESTERN TERRACE
577-1/38/975 (East side)
13/10/52 No.9
The Western Pavilion and attached
railings

GV II*

Single house. 1827-28. By Amon Henry Wilds, for himself.
Stucco, roof, so far as visible, presumably of lead, now
painted.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys over basement, 11-window range to Western
Terrace. The house is designed in imitation of the Royal
Pavilion. Entrance flanked by 2 bays of contrasting plan and
elevation; the entrance itself is pointed-arched with cusping
and a parapet above embattled in an Oriental style; behind the
parapet the first floor is set back with a window in the shape
of a Christmas cracker. To the left of the entrance is a bay
which forms almost 3-quarters of a circle in plan with 3
windows to the ground floor with cusped pointed arches set
back under a cusped pointed arch the centre window blind; the
windows framed by pilasters and a kind of entablature, the
lower part of the pilasters fluted and blocked rather in the
manner of giant fasces; first-floor windows flat-arched with
chamfered corners, set in pairs framed by rectangular
architraves, the central 4 windows blind; deep bracketed
eaves; onion dome with finial. To the right of the entrance
the house is in 2 parts, both of 2 storeys, the second set
back a little from the first, and each part marked out by
octagonal columns terminating in elaborate Indian-style
finials at the corners. The first part has a single-storey
canted bay in front with 3 cusped pointed-arched windows, the
central one blind, and a roll-moulded cornice and embattled
parapet; 3 first-floor windows, square with chamfered corners
and embattled parapet. The second part has similar windows as
the first to the west front with a blind embattled storey band
between, and, facing south, one window on each floor, both
flat-arched with roll-moulded cornices, and blind embattled
storey band interrupted by first floor windows, roll-moulded
cornice and blocking course.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ3026004411

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Western Pavilion at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7988151

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas