Listed Building record TR 37 SE 1203 - 23 KING STREET
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 3545 7109 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR37SE |
Civil Parish | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
District | THANET, KENT |
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Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
KING STREET 1 1380 (North Side) No 23 TR 3571 SW 2/10 15.12.70.
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2. A fine early C19 house, originally the brewer's house to Cobbs' brewery. It was here that William Pitt the Younger was entertained. 2 parallel ranges. 3 storeys and basement stock brick. Stone parapet. 5 sashes with vertical glazing bars only. Stone cills. Stringcourse above ground floor. Fine central Adamesque doorcase. Cornice of modillions and frieze having a swag pattern with oval paterae at the ends. 2 stylizied composite reeded pilasters. Panelled reveals. Semi-circular fanlight with glazing bars. Underneath is a band of reeding and paterae. 6 panelled door with fielded panels, 2 now missing. Interesting doorknocker. 4 restored steps and 2 interesting scrolled footscrapers. Plinth. Rear has rainwater head. The interior contains the original mahogany staircase with wrought iron scrolled balusters, and the ground floor retains traces of a frieze of cherubs swags and cornucopia.
Nos 15 to 35 (odd) and No 91 Trinity Square form a group
Listing NGR: TR3545871096
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
May 21 2015 11:07AM