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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 SE 361
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Custom House, Harbour Parade, Ramsgate

Summary

The original Custom House appears on the map of Kent XXXVIII.1.23 Surveyed: 1872, Published: 1873. and the 1st ed Os map (1862-1875), being demolished when the new custom House was built in the 1890s.


Grid Reference:TR 3854 6477
Map Sheet:TR36SE
Parish:RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • CUSTOM HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1700 AD to 1890 AD)

Full description

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The original Custom House appears on the map of Kent XXXVIII.1.23 Surveyed: 1872, Published: 1873. and the 1st ed Os map (1862-1875), being demolished when the new custom House was built in the 1890s. The domed roof of the 1894 to 1895 Custom House echoes the form of the building it replaced, Wyatt’s pier house. © Historic England Archive. View image DP251297.


Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

Ordinance Survey, 1872, Ramsgate Kent XXXVIII.1.23 (Map). SKE56203.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1.
---Map: Ordinance Survey. 1872. Ramsgate Kent XXXVIII.1.23.