Description

RAMSGATE CHATHAM STREET
TR 3765 SE
(west side)
8/93 Townley House
13.9.74 Mansion
GV II*
House, now furniture showrooms 1792 by Mrs. Mary Townley. Rendered with
slate roof. Three storeys projecting central block and 2 storey wings,
on plinth, with rusticated ground floor, string course and cornice to
roof, with balustraded panelled parapet to wings. Stacks to left and to
right of centre block. Five bays to centre, 2 to each wing. Glazing bar
sashes throughout, of extra large size on ground floor of wings. Large
projecting 2 storey bow to centre, on 5 arches on Tuscan columns, with
balcony over whole bow, cornice and balustraded parapet. Central French
window on 1st floor, with Y-tracery fanlight, and deep niches left and
right with classical statues. Central glazed door with rectangular
fanlight. Interior: simple balustraded elliptical stair with open string.
Arched entrance passageway. Simple moulded cornices and skirting to main
rooms, with fine metal fittings to door. The house was designed and
lived in by Mary Townley, a pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds, the Townleys
were the leaders of late C18/early C19 Ramsgate Society, the house
receiving many distinguished and royal visitors. (See Bussan, Ramsgate,
68; see also Ramsgate Town Trail Guide).

Listing NGR: TR3799165337

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546695

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)