Delmonte and the Galleon Tower Bungalows
DELMONTE AND THE GALLEON, SPENCER ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1241766
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Delmonte and the Galleon Tower Bungalows
- Statutory Address:
- DELMONTE AND THE GALLEON, SPENCER ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1241766
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Delmonte and the Galleon Tower Bungalows
- Statutory Address 1:
- DELMONTE AND THE GALLEON, SPENCER ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- TOWER BUNGALOWS, SPENCER ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- DELMONTE AND THE GALLEON, SPENCER ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- TOWER BUNGALOWS, SPENCER ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Thanet (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Birchington
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 30244 69808
Details
TOWER BUNGALOWS, SPENCER ROAD 1. 5283 BIRCHINGTON-ON-SEA Delmonte and The Galleon TR 36 NW SP 774 0/774
II G.V.
2. Bungalow. 1881-82; by John Pollard Seddon, possibly on part of a plot of land bought by him in late 1860s. Stuccoed. Two chief rooms facing the sea; central spine corridor; N.W. tower; south lean-to, originally with sgraffito panels, later extended and re-constructed in 1911 for bathroom and later furnished with a flat roof. C19 sash windows with horns and small panes at top and bottom, except where stated. In W elevation, from S, two triple sashes, single sash, small window and converted sash, with lean-to verandah surviving only at N. end as porch roof, though with N and S access steps to verandah path retained. Similar windows in east elevation. Tower with pyramidal roof and finial, retaining C19 windows in S and W sides, but with larger C20 window inserted in N side. N elevation with wide gable and overhanging eaves on brackets; two wide canted bays merging with narrow central arched recess, with C20 single pane windows inserted into centre lights; set back each side, a flight of steps from garden leads up to a screened passage in front of a four panel door. Interior: entrance lobby with mosaic floor of tulip design, and a possibility of Mr Rust's manufacture, as used elsewhere in the same period by Seddon. Octagonal centre hall; four panel doors; bedrooms with C19 fireplace surrounds NE and NW rooms with plan identical to same rooms in White Cliffe, eg. with alcoves in outer walls. One of four Tower Bungalows by Seddon, which in turn are amongst the earliest extant late C19 bungalows in Britain. See Anthony D King, The Bungalow, 1984.
Listing NGR: TR3024469808
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 440983
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
King, A D, The Bungalow, (1984)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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