Listed Building record TR 23 NW 440 - SANDGATE LIBRARY
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 2048 3518 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR23NW |
District | FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT |
Civil Parish | SANDGATE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5281 HIGH STREET (South Side) SANDGATE No 51 (Sandgate Library) TR 2035 SW 8/39 19.12.73. Library) II GV 2. Built in 1884. Custom built as a dual fire station and reading room. Now Sandgate Library. Late Cl9. 2 storeys applied timber-framing with pebble-dashed infill. Hipped tiled roof having left side square bell cote surmounted by a fishscale tiled spire. lst floor has left side Scottish baronial style bartizan with 3-light sash. Band of machicolation between ground and lst floors. The ground floor has a left side simple doorcase and a right side entrance designed to accommodate fire engines.
Nos 23 to 39 (odd) form a group with Cottage to rear of No 39, Nos 41 to 65 (odd) Including 43A, 45A, 55A and 6lA. (Nos 3l to 37 are buildings of local interest).
Listing NGR: TR2048035188
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
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- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
Feb 19 2008 12:26PM