The Pavilion

Seaside pavilion built between 1926 and 1927 by Vincent and West, architects, with cast-iron stock patterns supplied by McFarlanes of Glasgow. The building features a cast-iron frame with iron panel cladding and tiled roofs. A large, aisled theatre is at the centre, with a rectangular plan and four external corner towers. The theatre itself has no windows and is covered by a curved roof with segmented hips. The two-storey towers have tent roofs topped with finials; the upper storey is glazed with decorative ironwork top lights, featuring three unequal windows on each face, arranged as a continuous three, six, three-light pattern. The lower storey of the towers is defined by a decorative moulded dado, situated below a moulded string course. The principal entrance front has a gable porch flanked by six-light windows. A single balustrade connects the towers at first floor level. An open pentice supported by cast-iron columns extends from the north side, while a vestibule and offices have been added to the south. This represents an interesting example of a rare survival of cast-iron seaside architecture by a noted firm known for decorative work of this type.