Western Road, 31A, Hove

Conservation Area (CA)

Brunswick Town CA.

Local Listing Reference

LLHA0246.

Description

A late Victorian/early 20th-century building with an early 20th-century shopfront. Small-scale infill structure of 1-bay width and 2 storeys.

Simple ground floor shopfront, with full-width display window incorporating curved glass and ogee canopy to the first floor above. The building is surmounted by a decorative Dutch gable with a central niche.

A. Architectural, design and artistic interest

ii. A good example of a building of its type, of which the first-floor display window is a relatively rare survival.

C. Townscape interest

i. Within the Brunswick Town Conservation Area, but atypical of it in terms of building style and date.

F. Intactness

i. The design integrity of the building survives intact.

Date of Inclusion

2015.