Gates and Gatepiers and Section of Curved Wall to Margate Cemetery

GATES AND GATEPIERS AND SECTION OF CURVED WALL TO MARGATE CEMETERY

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1350384
Date first listed:
16-Jan-2003
List Entry Name:
Gates and Gatepiers and Section of Curved Wall to Margate Cemetery
Statutory Address:
GATES AND GATEPIERS AND SECTION OF CURVED WALL TO MARGATE CEMETERY
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1350384
Date first listed:
16-Jan-2003
List Entry Name:
Gates and Gatepiers and Section of Curved Wall to Margate Cemetery
Statutory Address 1:
GATES AND GATEPIERS AND SECTION OF CURVED WALL TO MARGATE CEMETERY

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
GATES AND GATEPIERS AND SECTION OF CURVED WALL TO MARGATE CEMETERY

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Kent
District:
Thanet (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TR 35060 69292

Details

878/0/10041 Gates, gatepiers and section of curved
16-JAN-03 wall to Margate Cemetery

GV II

Gates, gatepiers and linking sections of curved wall. Circa 1856, contemporary with the two cemetery chapels at Margate Cemetery and possibly also designed by Birch of Margate, builder G Hadlow. Cast iron gates comprising central double carriage gates divided by two square cast iron gatepiers from similar cast-iron single pedestrian gates. The gates have spear rails, midrail and dograils and there are further ornamental panels of fleur de lys and quatrefoils. The piers have cross motifs. Adjoining the pedestrian gates are two tall stock brick piers with gabled stone caps. Sections of attached flanking curved brick wall about three feet high with stone coping link to stock brick piers with pyramidal stone caps.

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Legacy System number:
489953
Legacy System:
LBS

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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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