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

• Wikidata Q26504873

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings