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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1844 to 1844. Pier, 1844

Monument Types

• PIER (Post Medieval to Modern - 1844 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Description from record TQ 67 SE 48:
[TQ651 745] Royal Terrace Pier. Built in 1842, it has an imposing entrance flanked by two fine turrets housing a bell and a clock. it is T-shaped with 2 slender lantern towers at the ends and is being restored to its former excellence (1). Royal Terrace Pier (NAT) (2). Royal Terrace Pier, including the pavilions flanking the entrance. Now the head-quarters of the Pilotage Service. Built in 1844. Designed by John Baldry Redman C.E. T-shaped construction of cast iron. It is built on three rows of 3 columns at the shore end and three rows and 5 columns under the T-portion, with triglyph frieze above. [Full architecural description] LISTED GRADE II. (3). Additional reference (4,5). Pier indicated in early charts (6-8), site photogrpahs (9-20).

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5277 ROYAL PIER ROAD (North Side)
The Royal Terrace Pier, including the Pavilions flanking the entrance (Formerly listed under Thames Terrace) TQ 6574 SW 2/173 13.5.71.
II
2. Now the headquarters of the Pilotage Service. Built in 1844 by the Gravesend Freehold Investment Company at the cost of £9,200. Designed by John Baldry Redman C E. T-shaped construction of cast iron. It is built on 3 rows of 3 columns at the shore end and 3 rows of 5 columns under the T-portion, with triglyph frieze above. The shore end is flanked by small pavilions of coursed stone with quoins, cornice and base of dressed ashlar. Above each is a little turret of which the west one has been enlarged. The remainder of the pier has been roofed over at a later date. In the angle of the T is a light turret. Beyond the T-platform is a floating pontoon for embarkation approached by steps. Princess (later Queen) Alexandra landed here on the 7th March 1865 on her arrival to marry the Prince of Wales.
Listing NGR: TQ6511974475

<1> The Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 42 (AJ Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE50369.

<2> OS 1:10000 1982 (OS Card Reference). SKE48168.

<3> DOE(HHR)Borough of Gravesham, Kent 30 (3.3.75) (OS Card Reference). SKE41240.

<4> The Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald 303 1980 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50251.

<5> Eve, D., 1999, A guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Kent, I12 (Monograph). SWX9293.

<6> Bullock, 1852, Gravesend Reach (Chart). SWX8140.

<7> Admiralty, River Thames - Tilbury to Margaretness (Chart). SWX8504.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.

<9> RCHME, 1994, The Lower Thames in 1994, a photographic survey from the river Blackwell to Tilbury and Greenwich to Gravesend, Neg. AA94/3453 (Photograph). SWX9333.

<10> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9470.

<11> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10036.

<12> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10037.

<13> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10048.

<14> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10056.

<15> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10057.

<16> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10071.

<17> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10117.

<18> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10288.

<19> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9436.

<20> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10026.

<21> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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