Southcliffe House

Southcliffe House is an end-terrace house built in the late 19th century, featuring painted stucco and a slate hipped roof behind parapets. The building stands four storeys tall and has two bays, with a coved cornice and parapet. The windows are plate glass sashes with heavy moulded architraves; the third floor has plain architraves, the second floor has shouldered architraves, and the first and ground floors have shouldered architraves with cornices. There is a raised painted stone plinth with the heads of two basement windows. Thin sill bands run along the upper floors and continue around the right side, which includes a square stuccoed porch dated 1899 featuring a two-panel door on the north side. The upper storey, added in the 20th century, has a sash window to the west and a flat roof. The centre sash window is located on the second and third floors, while the first-floor window is blocked by the porch above. The side wall has a painted stone plinth and steps that lead down to the right to the basement. The rear wall is slate hung and features a three-storey canted bay window, with 10-20-10-pane sashes on the lower two floors, 8-16-8 panes on the second floor, and a tripartite 4-12-4-pane sash on the top floor. A red brick stack is located on the east side.

Inside, there are half-glazed double inner doors with an overlight and panelled reveals leading into a central stair hall. The fine open-well staircase features stick balusters and a massive turned newel from the mid to late 19th century at the foot. The staircase has a thin rail and dado rail, with moulded tread ends and two arched niches. An elliptical arch leads to the right, where there are two six-panel doors to the seafront drawing room. This room has an elliptical arched recess with reeded pilasters and a moulded arch, a 20th-century fireplace, and reeded door surrounds. The drawing room also features a moulded cornice and ceiling border, along with panelled shutters and reveals to the bay window. The relatively plain north front room has a plain cornice and was subdivided in the 20th century. There are arched recesses on each side of the former fireplace site, although the fireplace itself has been removed.