Listed Building record TR 36 NE 2212 - RANK HOVIS FLOUR MILLS

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1865 to 1999. A tower mill used in the production of flour. Built in 1865 by E.W.Pugin of stock brick with red brick detail. The mill remains in good condition although the machinary has been removed.

Location

Grid reference TR 3780 6563 (point)
Map sheet TR36NE
Civil Parish RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT
County KENT
District THANET, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
In the entry for RAMSGATE MARGATE ROAD TR 36 NE (west side) 1/254 Rank Hovis Flour Mills The description shall be amended to read
Flour mills. 1865 by E W Pugin. Stock brick with red brick details. Five stores 3rd and 4th storeys added late in C19 or C20 with plinth-like ground floor, segmentally headed arcaded middle stage encompassing 1st and 2nd floors, brick bands to 3rd floors, and segmentally arcaded 4th floor. Gabled full height cross wing at rear with stepped side wings. Seven bays, all with metal casements. Three storey forebuilding, a later addition, but with exactly similar detailing, and over it, on the mainblock, a single large pointed window in multi moulded rebate, with crow-stepped raised surround. Open arcade and glazed ground floor to forebuilding. Interior: The first, second and third floors are supported on the original cast iron Tuscan style columns but the original steam-driven machinery has been taken out and replaced by C20 electically-driven machinery. Granary/silo/storage, etc. to left not included. Designed by Pugin for the Isle of Thanet Steam Flour Mills, (See Busson, Ramsgate, 129-30).
RAMSGATE MARGATE ROAD TR 36 NE (west side) 1/254 Rank Hovis Flour Mills GV II Flour mills. Circa 1860s by E.W. Pugin. Stock brick with red brick details. Five storeys with plinth-like ground floor, segmentally headed arcaded middle stage encompassing 1st and 2nd floors, brick bands to 3rd floor, and segmentally arcaded 4th floor. Gabled full height cross wing at rear with stepped side wings. Seven bays, all with metal casements. Three storey forebuilding, a later addition, but with exactly similar detailing, and over it, on the main block, a single large pointed window in multi moulded rebate with crow-stepped raised surround. Open arcaded and glazed ground floor to forebuilding leading to early large corrugated iron-clad granary/silo/storage, etc. to left of indeterminate date. Designed by Pugin for the Isle of Thanet Steam Flour Mills, (See Busson, Ramsgate, 129-30).
Listing NGR: TR3708065180 (1)

Historic England archive material: BF002546 RANK HOVIS FLOUR MILL, RAMSGATE File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.


Ordinance Survey, 1879, Ramsgate Kent XXXVIII.1.6 (Map). SKE56193.

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • --- Map: Ordinance Survey. 1879. Ramsgate Kent XXXVIII.1.6.
  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #35122 Mill, ]

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Record last edited

Jun 25 2024 2:10PM