The following text is from the original listed building designation:
RAMSGATE ROYAL HARBOUR TR 3864 NW (Military Road) 13/355 Jacob's Ladder 30.10.85 GV II Flight of steps. 1826 by John Shaw. Ashlar. Dog-leg stairs with three flights of steps faced with ashlar and built between flanking towers with rounded fronts of ashlar, each flight of steps with wide central pilaster; centre landings. Iron balustrade. Flights of steps and towers with ashlar coping. The present stair replaces an earlier wooden flight of c.1750, 100 yards east. (Busson, Ramsgate, Cap.3; Matkin, Maritime Thanet).
Listing NGR: TR3810664506

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.