Description

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RAMSGATE EFFINGHAM STREET
TR 3864 NW
(east side)
13/500 No 29
GV II
House. Late C17. Red brick, partly painted, with possible timber framed
origin. Machine tiled roof. Two storeys, attic and basement with kneelered
parapet gables. Flat roofed and sashed dormer, with stacks to left and to
right. Two segmentally headed glazing bar sashes on 1st floor (both 16 paned,
but slightly different sizes) and blocked narrow window opening to left, and
early C19 canted bay with casements on ground floor, with glazed C20 door to
right in simple mounded surround with cornice on brackets.

Interior: large fireplaces with brick coving (Delft tiles inserted into
fireplace dated c.1703). Ovolo moulded main ceiling beams, with many posts
made from re-used ships' masts and spars, still bearing tarring and
rope-marks. Brick paviours also survive. Clasped purlin roof of Baltic pine,
knotched pegged and with carpentars marks still. Remains of thatching.
Sections of earlier and hardwood timbers/wall plate suggests earlier framed
origin; the site report of a farm/brickworks before early C18 development
(adjacent No. 31 being the main range). Newel stair; cellars with arched
niches, large arched support to main stack.

Listing NGR: TR3811664951

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544797

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)