3 Southend Villas

3 Southend Villas is a Regency style house built in the second quarter of the 19th century, as indicated on the 1844 Oystermouth Tithe map. Originally a single residence, it became the Southend Hotel in the 20th century and was later divided into three apartments in the late 20th century.

This three-storey, three-bay house features a stuccoed front and a renewed slate roof, although the chimney stacks have been removed. The symmetrical façade includes hornless sash windows with margin lights that fit into the original openings. The upper storey windows are adorned with stressed keystones, while the middle storey showcases thin moulded architraves and a sill band. The lower storey also has similar thin moulded architraves. The central doorway is framed by a doorcase with pilasters and an open pediment supported by consoles, featuring a replaced panelled door with a plain overlight.

The right side wall and an added single-bay projection set back from the main structure have modern windows. The left side wall has steps leading up to an inserted first-floor doorway beneath a narrow extension that is attached to the Pilot public house. At the rear, there is a one-storey gabled projection added at the level of the upper storey of the main house, with rooms in the lower storeys built into the bank. Number 3 occupies the upper storey of the original house.