The former Ocean Hotel

The former Ocean Hotel is a late 19th-century hotel, substantially altered in 1999 when the tiles and chimneys were replaced. The building is constructed of unpainted roughcast with red pantile roofs, the eaves having an overhang with some fishscale banding. The chimneys are of red brick and are situated on the ridge of the crosswing and two on the rear north wall. It has a basement, two storeys and an attic, arranged in an L-plan. The architectural style incorporates ornate fretted bargeboards, Tudor-style doors and windows.

The south front features a large crosswing to the left of a two-bay main range. A porch is situated in the angle, and a gabled full-height bay projects to the right. The crosswing has different floor levels including a high basement. The basement has a four-pane sash window while the upper floors have two-light casements. The right return wall is windowless. The main range has a projecting bay to the right with a bargeboarded gable, a triple casement to the ground and first floors (the first floor window being longer), and a casement pair to the gable. A painted stucco porch is located in the angle to the left, featuring broad square-headed doors, octagonal angle shafts, and a parapet with chamfered coping. The angle shafts have a plinth and neck-ring. The doorcase is of timber with thin Gothic panels and quatrefoils at the angles, containing a 20th-century door and three slate steps. A long casement pair is present on the first floor, with a smaller pair under the eaves above, none of which have a hoodmould.

The east gable end, facing The Croft, has a shallow square roughcast bay with a triple casement that extends up to a moulded parapet in front of the first-floor long casement pair. A small plate-glass sash window is in the attic. All three gables are characterized by thin raised bands across below the attic windows.

The west side, facing The Norton, has a three-storey canted bay to the left with 8-16-8-pane windows and moulded cornices. The ground floor window is smaller, causing the upper part to overhang slightly. A four-panel centre door with an overlight is positioned slightly to the right of the door, above which is an 8-pane sash window. A 20th-century dormer is present in the roof on the left.

A white-painted stuccoed low wall with fleur-de-lys iron railings on slate coping runs between piers with cross-gabled caps. A gateway is positioned in line with the porch.