75 West Parade

75 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. The villas are three storeys high, with basements and attics, and have three-storeyed wings at the rear. Each villa has a central entrance flanked by steep gables. The entrances are set in ornate timber gabled porches, with some original doors still intact. For example, No 73 has a four-panelled door with shouldered glazed upper panels, while No 74 features deep moulding on its eight-panel door, with the upper pair being glazed.

Each villa has three-storeyed canted bay windows on either side of the entrances, extending down to the basement storey and adorned with raised terracotta panels. These bay windows are a typical feature of seaside boarding houses and were designed to serve the principal drawing rooms, which are usually located at the front to take advantage of the sea views. The attic storey has paired windows beneath the gables. The villas feature two-pane sash windows throughout, connected by continuous sill bands and stone cornice bands. The paired gables have prominent bargeboards, which were originally supported by free-standing collar and king-post trusses, along with finials. While the finials largely remain, the trusses have been lost in all but No 74. The eaves are decorated with deep terracotta, tile, and brick bands. The basement areas originally had decorative cast-iron railings between squat chamfered stone gate posts, with the railings still surviving at No 74.

This terrace is of exceptional interest as a purpose-built boarding house development that retains almost all of its original details. It is considered the best example of its type in Rhyl, showcasing the characteristic multi-storeyed form with prominent bay windows that served as a model for seaside boarding houses in the later 19th century.