Back to the Drawing Board in Terminus Road

Heritage officers have indicated that a planning application to alter the front of the ground floor of No.5 Terminus Road is so lacking in detail that it is impossible for them to properly judge its impact on the character of the conservation area and on the Grade II* listed Brighton Station opposite. The rather sketchy drawings incorporate a staircase to the basement (to provide a separate entrance), a new metal railing facing the pavement and a new bay window. The principle of altering this ground floor façade is considered potentially supportable, however. The existing bay window is unattractive and not original and would no doubt be improved by an appropriate sliding sash window and similarly appropriate cast iron railings, although the application merely refers to ‘metal railings’. Continue reading Jim Gowans’ West Hill Watch, Oct 19 →