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Monument details

HER Number:TR 37 SE 1443
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of the Royal Hotel and Assembly Rooms, Cecil Square, Margate

Summary

The Royal Hotel and Assembly Rooms, built 1769, destroyed by fire 27/10/ 1882. They are shown on the 1st (1862-1875), 2nd (1897-1900) and Margate - Kent XXV.8.2 :1874. Previously known as "Smith’s Hotel," then as "Fox’s Hotel," "Smith’s Tavern" and "Benson’s Hotel," before finally changing name after 1794, to the "Royal Hotel."


Grid Reference:TR 3541 7084
Map Sheet:TR37SE
Parish:MARGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOTEL (Post Medieval - 1765 AD? to 1885 AD?)

Full description

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The Royal Hotel and Assembly Rooms, built 1769, destroyed by fire 27/10/ 1882. They are shown on the 1st (1862-1875), 2nd (1897-1900) and Margate - Kent XXV.8.2 :1874. Previously known as "Smith’s Hotel," then as "Fox’s Hotel," "Smith’s Tavern" and "Benson’s Hotel," before finally changing name after 1794, to the "Royal Hotel."


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

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

Ordinance Survey, 1873, Margate - Kent XXV 8_2 (Map). SKE56380.

Barry Smith and Paul Skelton, 2024, Dover Kent Archives - Public Houses - (Website). SKE56155.

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: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
---Website: Barry Smith and Paul Skelton. 2024. Dover Kent Archives - Public Houses -.
---Map: Ordinance Survey. 1873. Margate - Kent XXV 8_2.