Designed by Phillip Lockwood, Brighton Borough Surveyor, and completed in 1884 the Western Bandstand is considered to be one of the finest examples of a Victorian bandstand still surviving in England today. The top level of the Bandstand, the ‘Birdcage’, is to be sympathetically restored to its original state while the ground floor and basement levels will be converted from public conveniences to a café. The area immediately to the south of the Bandstand will be landscaped with seating for the café.