Listed Building record TR 36 SE 559 - VALE HOUSE
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TR 3788 6471 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR36SE | 
| Civil Parish | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT | 
| District | THANET, KENT | 
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Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
RAMSGATE                 WEST CLIFF ROAD TR 3764 NE                                                     (north side) 12/439                                              Vale House GV                                                     II House, now school. 1840's.  Rendered with slate roof.  Three storeys and attic storey, the second floor set back behind a moulded cornice, with parapet to attic block, with 2 casement windows.  Stacks to left and to right.  Three round-headed sashes with Y-tracery on 2nd floor, 3 wooden casements with half-mullion and transom in moulded surrounds on first floor, and 2 sashes on ground floor in moulded surrounds with central half-glazed door with elliptical fanlight in pilaster surround at head of 3 steps.  Right return: 5 bay front, with 4 sash on ground and first floors with scrolled shell pediment and 4 round headed sash on second floors, all floors with central blank panel.  The attic storey moulded into a vast scrolled pediment with the word "Vale" raised on a central panel.  The reference is to the Vale, for the history of which refer to item  12/389 .  Vale House was probably built by the builder William Saxby as part of James Creed Eddell's development of The Vale, 1840-1850.  (See Busson, Book of Ramsgate, 127-8).
Listing NGR: TR3788464714
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