Hotel De Paris Including Range At Rear Facing High Street

The Hotel de Paris, built between 1895 and 1896 by G J Skipper, is a notable red brick and terra cotta structure featuring a steep slated roof. It stands three storeys tall with an attic, and the central part of each wing is two storeys high. The rear elevation consists of three storeys with seven widely spaced sash windows, some of which have glazing bars, while one window is blind on the first and second floors.

The front of the building is highlighted by a central octagonal five-storey tower that includes round-headed windows, pilasters, and entablatures at each floor level. There is a balcony on the first floor and a ground floor porch supported by stone columns, leading up to a copper-clad ogee-shaped dome topped with a lantern. The flanking wings, arranged at approximately a 160-degree angle, feature four bays each. The end corner bays are adorned with octagonal turrets that have domed tent-shaped roofs. The centre of each wing has a splayed bay that rises to an attic pavilion, which is topped with a broken segmental pediment and a pyramid roof. Wooden Dutch gabled dormers are located on either side of the attic pavilion.

A cast iron balcony spans the front at the first floor, and the windows are set within moulded terra cotta architraves that include key blocks. The ground floor windows have four-centred arch lights, and there is a terra cotta modillion eaves cornice.

At the rear, facing High Street, there is an early 19th-century range. The northern part is made of painted brick, while the southern part is stuccoed, featuring a black-glazed pantile roof with a hipped end and overhanging eaves supported by small paired brackets. This section also has three storeys with five widely spaced sash windows, some with glazing bars. The ground floor on the south end includes four large round-headed windows and a carriageway, while the north end features late Victorian public house bar windows topped with a cornice. There is a slightly recessed rounded corner on the north end with a fine first-floor gothic splayed bay of sash windows with glazing bars, complemented by four-centred arch arcading in the frieze and moulded gothic panelling below the windows.

All listed buildings on High Street form a group with those on Jetty Street, Jetty Cliff, and West Cliff.