3 Southend Villas

1, 2 and 3 Southend Villas

Built in the 2nd quarter of the C19 and shown on the 1844 Oystermouth Tithe map. The house became the Southend Hotel in the C20 and was divided into 3 apartments late C20. A Regency style 3-storey, 3-bay house with stuccoed front and renewed slate roof (the stacks have been taken down). The symmetrical front has hornless sash windows with margin lights inserted into original openings. In the upper storey the windows have stressed keystones. In the middle storey are thin moulded architraves and sill band. In the lower storey are similar thin moulded architraves. The central doorway has a doorcase with pilasters, an open pediment on consoles, and a replaced panelled door with a plain overlight. The R side wall, and an added single-bay projection set back, have modern windows. The L side wall has steps beneath an added narrow extension (attached to the Pilot public house), leading up to an inserted 1st-floor doorway. To the higher ground at the rear is an added 1-storey gabled projection at the level of the upper storey of the main house, beneath which are rooms in the lower storeys built into the bank.

Number 3 occupies the upper storey of the original house.