Description

RAMSGATE WESTERN UNDERCLIFF
TR 3764 SE
18/441 Lift from
Western
Undercliff to
Royal Esplanade
at TR3763 6422
GV II
Lift. Circa 1926 and probably by Sir John Burnet and Partners. Stone
base and rendered shaft, with glass front. Rusticated and vermiculated
base on plinth with heavy cornice to main shaft. Recessed single storey
rusticated block to right. Three stage shaft in the form of a pylon with
recessed centre panel, the main elevation infilled with coloured glass,
graded from dark blue at base to white at top, divided into 3 stages by
cross-panels. The side elevations are simply rendered. The pilaster-
buttress crowned at top by fluted frieze, and recessed to parapet to
ogival dome, all rendered. Boarded doors in rendered surround at top
and bottom of shaft, and to side block (engine house).

Listing NGR: TR3763064220

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570534

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)