Seaside Shelter and railings, east side of Grand Parade, north of Jubilee Clock Tower

The seaside shelter, built between 1899 and 1906, is part of Lord Scarborough’s development of the foreshore, and is accompanied by earlier cast-iron railings from 1875-1877.

The shelter is made of timber, featuring half-glazed end panels, a tiled roof, and cast-iron guttering. It has a rectangular plan and is a single-storey structure with three bays, situated on a terrace above a specially constructed extension to the sea wall. The bays are divided by timber pilasters that support heavy wooden, moulded, cross-bow shaped brackets, which have chamfered and stopped detailing. These brackets hold up deeply overhanging eaves, tongue and groove timber soffits, and the hipped, tiled roof. Decorative pierced timber fascia boards add further detail. The railings extend approximately 5 meters north of the shelter and continue for about 100 meters south, wrapping around the corner of Grand Parade and Tower Esplanade.

Inside, the open-sided shelter features back-to-back, slatted wooden seating, separated by a timber panelled screen that runs along the center. Additional screens across the width of the shelter, positioned between the timber pilasters, divide the seating into three separate bays on each side, with seating around three sides of each bay. Originally, the screens were glazed, and while the glazing bars remain, the glass has been replaced with timber panels. The slatted seating is supported by heavy, angled wooden brackets that match the detailing of the roof brackets. The ceiling is finished with tongue and groove timber panelling.