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Latitude: 51.3904 / 51°23'25"N
Longitude: 1.3819 / 1°22'54"E
OS Eastings: 635382
OS Northings: 171133
OS Grid: TR353711
Mapcode National: GBR WZS.N6K
Mapcode Global: VHLG6.W9XZ
Plus Code: 9F3399RJ+5Q
Entry Name: 6 and 8, Fort Hill
Listing Date: 22 February 1973
Last Amended: 28 July 2008
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1341534
English Heritage Legacy ID: 356535
ID on this website: 101341534
Location: Margate, Thanet, Kent, CT9
County: Kent
District: Thanet
Electoral Ward/Division: Margate Central
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Margate
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Tagged with: Building
878/2/156 FORT HILL
22-FEB-1973 6 AND 8
(Formerly listed as:
FORT HILL
6)
II
Former cinema. Built in 1911 to the design of CW Stanley and WJ Ballard. Brick with stuccoed façade.
As built, the plan comprised a two-storey front of house block with a foyer and residential accommodation on the upper floor, and a long rectangular auditorium behind. The ground floor and auditorium is now one large open-plan space.
EXTERIOR: Eclectic Regency/Italianate style. Two-storeys with tall ground floor. Symmetrical façade with horizontal rustication to ground floor. Main entrance is set in large cambered arch (infill is modern), flanked by a round-headed niche to the left and a similar doorway to right, each with panel above depicting a musical instrument. End bays break forward below first floor and are surmounted by inset panels decorated with masks. First floor has three windows set in moulded architraves. The parapet appears altered.
INTERIOR: Much altered, but plaster ceiling to former auditorium survives above modern suspended ceiling, this has deep moulded cornice enriched with egg-and-dart moulding. Other original features may be concealed by modern surfaces. Upper floor not inspected.
SOURCES
English Heritage, English Seaside Resorts, 2007
English Heritage, Margate's Seaside Heritage, 2007,
REASON FOR DESIGNATION: Nos. 6 and 8 Fort Hill, the former Parade Cinema, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It has special architectural interest for its good frontage in an eclectic Regency/Italianate style, which complements No. 2 Fort Hill adjacent (qv), and thus has strong group value. Also for surviving auditorium ceiling.
* Of historic interest as a record of Margate's early-C20 growth as a major seaside resort and place of entertainment.
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