Description

RAMSGATE THE PARAGON
TR 3764 SE
18/293 Nos. 23 and 24
and railed
Areas
GV II
House pair. 1840's. Rendered on stock brick, exposed on return
elevations. Slate roof. Four storeys and basement, with giant pilasters
left and right, and central coupled pilasters supporting entablature to
3rd floor, with balustraded parapet and stacks to left and to right.
Four sashes on 3rd floor with central semi-circular headed niche, and
4 sashes on 2nd floor. Later C19 tented and glazed wooden verandah
on 1st floor. Four sashes on ground floor with 2 central half-glazed
doors with semi-circular fanlights, with 5 moulded steps each. Sashes
to basement. Simple rails to steps and Areas. The decorative motifs
take their cue from the Royal Crescent opposite. Included for group
value.

Listing NGR: TR3793464439

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26648634

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback