Ralli Hall

The Ralli family, the first members of which moved to England in the 1820s from Chios in Greece, established a successful trading empire in London in the 19th century. Their business focused on grain and shipping, and by 1873 the five pioneering brothers and six other relatives had a listing on the Baltic Exchange. Both Stephen and other members of the family attended All Saints Church (the parish church of Hove, built in 1889–1901 by John Loughborough Pearson and his son) and were major benefactors of charitable causes in the area. and the firm of Chapman, Lowry and Puttoch constructed the building. This group was successful with its bid of £65,000; over £50,000 had already been raised by…

s.]] Architects Read and Macdonald of London designed Ralli Hall in a "restrained Renaissance style" Small brick walls and iron railings surround the building and are included in English Heritage's listing. The building provides a contrast in age and architectural style to the well-spaced, well-detailed 1860s houses of Denmark Villas, with their pale brickwork and stucco. The east (Denmark Villas) elevation is dominated by a central hexagonal entrance porch topped by a balcony. An oriel window opens out on to this; to the left and right are stone garland motifs showing AD and 1913 respectively, and these are flanked by flat casement windows. Two more oriel windows are in the outermost bays.…