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Ramsgate House — Gorey

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Ramsgate House — Gorey
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Detached three-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic, extant 1904; occupied 1911, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch abutting single-bay full-height gabled projecting end bay; single-bay (south) or two-bay (north) full-height side elevations. For sale, 2000. Disused, 2007. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan on collared timber construction centred on gablet with clay ridge tiles, red brick Flemish bond chimney stack having "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part ivy-covered red brick Flemish bond walls (ground floor) on red brick header bond chamfered cushion course on red brick Flemish bond plinth with paired red brick header bond "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" stringcourse; roughcast surface finish (half-dormer attic). Segmental-headed central window opening with red brick header bond "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" sill course, and red brick voussoirs centred on cut-granite keystone with fitting now boarded up. Paired square-headed window openings centred on square-headed window opening (half-dormer attic) with red brick header bond "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" sill courses, and red brick voussoirs (ground floor) or concealed dressings (half-dormer attic) with one-over-one timber sash windows now boarded-up. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors. Set in unkempt grounds.

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