Building record TR 37 SE 1449 - Crown and Anchor, Margate

Summary

Map of 1821 shows the area to be a vacant plot of land, so the building was probably erected between 1821 and 1826. The pub changed name sometime after 1883 to the "Randolf Hotel. It was demolished, sometime after 1952, when the kink in the road was straightened for the new Casino and medical centre to be built opposite.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3587 7122 (53m by 11m)
Map sheet TR37SE
Civil Parish MARGATE, THANET, KENT
County KENT
District THANET, KENT

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Full Description

Crown and Anchor, Zion Place, Margate.
Map of 1821 shows the area to be a vacant plot of land, so the building was probably erected between 1821 and 1826.

Morning Advertiser, Monday 11 May 1829.
Freehold Tavern and Public-house, and House adjoining, Margate, Kent, with possession.
By Messrs. WARLTERS and Co., at Garraway’s, Change-alley, London, on THURSDAY, May 11, at Twelve, in Two Lots.
THE Freehold Tavern, Wine-vaults, and Public-house, known as the "CROWN and ANCHOR," on the Fort, at Margate, Kent, with the valuable goodwill of the trade. The House contains nine bed-rooms, large dining-room, coffee-room, parlour, bar, sitting-room, tap, kitchens, scullery, cellarage, vaults, skittle-grounds, bowling-green, tea-gardens, stabling, &c.; also a respectable Freehold House adjoining, containing nine rooms.

Kentish Chronicle, 6 October 1829. Suicide.
Mr Charles Spicer, keeper of the Crown and Anchor Hotel committed suicide, while of unsound mind.
Mr. Games, surgeon, stated his having been called to the deceased. He was alive, but totally and insensible. He had an incised wound in his throat, and a wound in the abdomen, caused by a gun or pistol shot.
These wounds caused his death.
Verdict - Insanity. <1>

Randolf Hotel, 14 Zion Place, Margate.
The pub changed name sometime after 1883 to the "Randolf Hotel. It was demolished, sometime after 1952, when the kink in the road was straightened for the new Casino and medical centre to be built opposite. <2>


Ordinance Survey, 1872, Margate - Kent XXV 4_18 (Map). SKE56392.

<1> Dover Kent Archives, 2024, Crown and Anchore, Margate (Website). SKE57214.

<1> Margate Local History, 2024, Margate Slipway (Website). SKE57271.

<2> Dover Kent Archives, 2021, Randolf Hotel, Margate (Website). SKE57215.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Map: Ordinance Survey. 1872. Margate - Kent XXV 4_18.
  • <1> Website: Dover Kent Archives. 2024. Crown and Anchore, Margate.
  • <1> Website: Margate Local History. 2024. Margate Slipway.
  • <2> Website: Dover Kent Archives. 2021. Randolf Hotel, Margate.

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Record last edited

Oct 22 2024 2:31PM