Valley Gardens

Richmond Terrace

Reproduced with permission from the Encyclopaedia of Brighton by Tim Carder, 1990

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f) RICHMOND TERRACE: The original terrace, nos.4-14, was built speculatively from 1818 by A. and A.H.Wilds, but it has been dominated by the Municipal Technical College since 1897 (see "Technology, College of"). All of the remaining houses are listed. Nos.4-6, large four-storey houses with ironwork Ionic pilasters and verandahs, are topped by a pediment and supported either side by gateposts with lamps bearing crowns; these mark the visits of George IV to the home of his Lord Chancellor, Lord Combermere {45a}. No.7 has the Wilds's 'trademark', ammonite capitals, while nos.11-14 are a three-storey composition with ironwork balconies and decorated gateposts.
Nos.1-3 Richmond Terrace were probably added by Wilds and Busby in the 1820s and were originally known as Lennox Place, three bow-fronted houses in yellow brick above the ground floor and with interesting chain-link decorations on the gate pillars. The bow-fronted no.15 dates from around the same time, while nos.16-18 were probably added by A.Wilds alone. {44,45,46,83}

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