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The Salutation

A Grade I Listed Building in Sandwich, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2744 / 51°16'27"N

Longitude: 1.3445 / 1°20'40"E

OS Eastings: 633366

OS Northings: 158124

OS Grid: TR333581

Mapcode National: GBR X18.4Q4

Mapcode Global: VHLGS.873C

Entry Name: The Salutation

Listing Date: 19 May 1950

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1069643

English Heritage Legacy ID: 177507

Location: Sandwich, Dover, Kent, CT13

County: Kent

District: Dover

Civil Parish: Sandwich

Built-Up Area: Sandwich

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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Listing Text

1.
5275 KNIGHTRIDER STREET
(East Side)

The Salutation
TR 3358 1/186 19.5.50.
I
GV


2.
Built by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1912 in Queen Anne style. 2 storeys, attic and
semi-basement. Red brick with long and short stone quoins. Stone stringcourse.
Coved wooden eaves cornice. Hipped tiled roof. Sash windows with glazing
bars. The entrance front has 7 windows. 3 centre window bays project with
quoins at the angles. 2 hipped dormers, the centre one with pediment over.
Stone doorway with broken curved pediment, the doorway approached by a flight
of 11 wide steps with handrail. The garden front has 6 windows with a sundial
in the centre and below it a stone panel containing swags and festoons of fruit.
4 dormers. Wide flight of steps from the garden leads up to the 3 centre window
bays. The south side has 5 windows and 3 dormers; also a stone panel in the
centre with swags and festoons of fruit. Internal panelling said to have been
brought from a demolished building in St James' London. Gardens by Gertrude
Jekyll.

The Salutation, Salutation Cottage and gateway and outbuildings form a group.


Listing NGR: TR3337058143

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