73 West Parade

73 West Parade is a terrace of five double-fronted villas built in yellow brick with red brick and stone dressings, topped with Welsh slate roofs, although No 75 has been replaced with concrete tiles. The end wall stacks feature red brick bands, which have been lost or reduced in height in Nos 71 and 75. Each villa is three storeys high, with a basement and attic, and has three-storeyed wings at the rear. The central entrances are flanked by steep gables, and the entrances are adorned with ornate timber gabled porches. Some original doors remain, including a four-panelled door at No 73 with shouldered glazed upper panels, and an eight-panel door at No 74 with deep moulding and glazed upper panels.

On either side of the entrances, there are three-storeyed canted bay windows that extend down to the basement, decorated with raised terracotta panels. These bays are typical of seaside boarding houses and served the main drawing rooms on each floor, which are usually located at the front to take advantage of the sea view. The attic storey features paired windows beneath the gables. The villas have two-pane sash windows throughout, connected by continuous sill bands and stone cornice bands across the terrace. The paired gables display pronounced bargeboards, originally featuring free-standing collar and king-post trusses, along with finials. While the finials mostly survive, the trusses are missing in all but No 74. The eaves are decorated with deep terracotta, tile, and brick bands. The basement areas originally included decorative cast-iron railings between squat chamfered stone gate posts, with the railings still surviving at No 74.