The Villa Marina complex consists of the octagonal Royal Hall, the arcade and the enclosed gardens and ancilliary buildings. The main entertainment Hall is a plain octagonal brick structure the equivalent of three storeys high with a tiled roof with a small cupola on top. The arcade consists of a long single storey concrete covered walk along a considerable portion of which are small shops paralleling the walkway culminating with a twin row of small shops at right angles to Marina Road at the southern end fronting onto a covered pedestrian arcade. The fenestration of the structure is open sided toward the sea, the roof acting as an elevated promenade from the enclosed gardens the concrete tiled balustrade to which is on top of the twin supporting doric-type columns at pavement level which are periodically reinforced by enlarged rectangular abuttments. The gardens themselves are intensively landscaped and include the provision of recreational and entertainment not facilities for the public. No detailed interior inspection has been made. The complex is important in terms of 'townscape' in that it provides the break in an otherwise continuous succession of tourist accommodation along the promenades of Douglas. Thus there is relief in terms of scale by means of the long single storey covered walk which also enables visual relief by allowing green foliage to be seen on the landward side.