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In the entry for:

XCL 10(1947 ED) RYDE ESPLANADE

Modern NGR-SZ 59 SE
The Pavilion
3/400
II

The entry shall be amended to read :

XCL 10(1947 ED) RYDE ESPLANADE

Modern NGR-SZ 59 SE The Pavilion

3/400 II

Seaside pavilion. 1926-7 by Vincent and West, archts.., with cast-iron stock
patterns supplied by Mc Farlanes of Glasgow. Cast - iron frame with iron
panelled cladding; tiled roofs. Large central theatre, aisled and rectangular
in plan, with 4 external corner towers. Theatre under curved roof with
segmented hips. The towers of 2 storeys have tent roofs with finials; upper
storey glazed with decorative ironwork top lights (3 unequal windows to each
face, continuous 3:6:3 lights). Lower storey (under moulded string course)
with decorative moulded dado. Principal entrance front with gable porch
flanked by 6- light windows. Single balustrade at first floor level links the
towers. Open pentice with cast - iron supports to north side; vestibule and
offices added to south. This is an interesting example of a now rare survival
of cast-iron seaside architecture by a prominent firm well-known for decorative
work of this sort.

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This building shall be included in the list:

BOROUGH OF RYDE

XCL 10(1947 ED)
Modern NGR- SZ59SE ESPLANADE

3/400 The Pavilion

II

Seaside pavilion. 1920s by McFarlane's of Glasgow. Cast-iron frame
with timber panel cladding; tiled roofs. Large central theatre,
aisled and rectangular in plan, with 4 external corner towers. Theatre
with no windows under curved roof with segmented hips. The towers of
2 storeys have tent roofs with finials; upper storey glazed with deco-
rative ironwork top lights (3 unequal windows to each face, continuous
3:6:3 lights). Lower storey (under moulded string course) with deco-
rative moulded dado. Principal entrance front with gable porch
flanked by 6-light windows. Single balustrade at first floor level
links the towers. Open pentice with cast-iron supports to south side,
ancillary rooms to north. This is an interesting example of a now
rare survival of cast-iron seaside architecture by a prominent firm
well-known for decorative work of this sort.

Listing NGR: SZ5962692826

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q31940648

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (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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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record