Description

1.
5281 HIGH STREET
(South Side)
SANDGATE
No 51
(Sandgate Library)
TR 2035 SW 8/39 19.12.73. Library)
II GV
2.
Built in 1884. Custom built as a dual fire station and reading room. Now Sandgate
Library. Late Cl9. 2 storeys applied timber-framing with pebble-dashed infill.
Hipped tiled roof having left side square bell cote surmounted by a fishscale
tiled spire. lst floor has left side Scottish baronial style bartizan with 3-light
sash. Band of machicolation between ground and lst floors. The ground floor
has a left side simple doorcase and a right side entrance designed to accommodate
fire engines.

Nos 23 to 39 (odd) form a group with Cottage to rear of No 39, Nos 41 to 65 (odd)
Including 43A, 45A, 55A and 6lA. (Nos 3l to 37 are buildings of local interest).

Listing NGR: TR2048035188

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Sandgate Library official website
• Wikidata Q26314350

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)