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Monument record TR 36 NE 3536 - Thanet Crematorium
Summary
Thanet Crematorium was built in 1966 for the Boroughs of Margate and Ramsgate and Broadstairs Urban District Council Joint Committee, it was designed by George E Sewell and two architectural assistants, and built by Sandells, & Partners, Ashford. The building is dominated by the pitched roof of the chapel, which is surrounded by low flat-roofed ancillary buildings. The building is of multi-red handmade Kent bricks with six reconstructed Portland stone columns to the porte-cohere and Portland stone facing panels flanking the anodised aluminium entrance doors. A small enlclosed garden is visible from the chapel and a Chapel of Rest is accessed from the cloister.
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3530 6922 (38m by 37m) |
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Map sheet | TR36NE |
Civil Parish | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
County | KENT |
District | THANET, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
<1> Granger Hilary J, 2005, Death Redesigned, p455 (Bibliographic reference). SKE56361.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE56361 Bibliographic reference: Granger Hilary J. 2005. Death Redesigned. p455.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Sep 3 2024 3:57PM