Royal Victoria Pavilion

Heritage listing

Details Seaside pavilion of 1903, by Stanley Davenport Adshead, originally incorporating a theatre and cafe, later converted to a casino and then to a public house in 2018. MATERIALS: the stucco-covered building is formed of brick and concrete, over a steel frame, and has a metal roof. PLAN: the main, central section of the pavilion, which formerly housed the theatre, is two-storey. The ground-floor street entrance is on the north elevation, and there are also entrances out on to a covered terrace to the south (seaward) side. To the west end there is a single-storey sub-pavilion, the roof of which forms an open viewing deck at first floor level. This leads to a promenade, which runs around the extent of the building. To the east end there is another sub-pavilion, with its own entrance to the north. Internally, the central section has a wrap-around mezzanine, accessed by an imperial stair to the south side. EXTERIOR: the pavilion is French Classical-revival in character with wide and low elevations, under a prominent, curved mansard roof. The long elevations face north and south, and at each end there are flat-roofed, polygonal sub-pavilions. The north-facing elevation has a horizontally-banded, ground floor with an arcade of Ionic columns. The central, and curved entrance* is C21 projects under a bow-fronted, flat roof. The first floor has a continuous, cast-iron and decorative balustrade, in front of multi-paned French windows, and above, the central roof is recessed behind a continuous canopy and curves to a top cornice. Affixed to the roof, there is a large C21 free-standing sign* stating 'THE ROYAL VICTORIA PAVILION'. The eastern sub-pavilion retains the former main entrance, which is located under a metal-clad dome, supported by C21 columns*. To either side of the

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.