71 West Parade

71 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 they 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.

On either side of the entrances are three-storeyed canted bay windows that extend down to the basement level, adorned with raised terracotta panels. These bays are a typical feature 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 has paired windows beneath the gables. Throughout the terrace, there are two-pane sash windows, connected by continuous sill bands and stone cornice bands. The paired gables have prominent bargeboards, originally featuring free-standing collar and king-post trusses, along with finials. While the finials mostly 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.