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)
Map sheet TR36NE
Civil Parish MARGATE, THANET, KENT
County KENT
District THANET, KENT

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

<1> Granger Hilary J, 2005, Death Redesigned, p455 (Bibliographic reference). SKE56361.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Granger Hilary J. 2005. Death Redesigned. p455.

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Record last edited

Sep 3 2024 3:57PM