The following text is from the original listed building designation:
RAMSGATE YORK STREET TR 3864 NW (east side) 13/443 No. 8 (The Perseverance Dining Room) GV II Public House now cafe. C17, altered mid C19. Rendered with slate roof. Two storeys and attic, with parapet, single flat roofed dormer and stack to left. Shallow bow on 1st floor with vertical glazing bar sash. Plate glass ground floor with panelled apron, pilasters, fascia and cornice and half-glazed panelled door to right. Earlier wings in evidence to rear. Originally (from the C17) a beer house called The Hovelling Boat Inn, much used by boat crews and fishermen. (Busson, Ramsgate, 89; Mirams, Old Ramsgate Pubs, 28).
Listing NGR: TR3828464847

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