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Ramsgate is a seaside town and civil parish in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. In 2021 it had a population of 42,027. Ramsgate's main attraction is its coastline, and its main industries are tourism and fishing. The town has one of the largest marinas on the English south coast, and the Port of Ramsgate provided cross-channel ferries for many years.
Ramsgate from the air
Ramsgate Sands in 1854, by William Powell Frith
Photochrom of The sands, 1899
The Lighthouse Ramsgate by A.R. Quinton (postcard marked 1921)
The Granville Hotel, Ramsgate, Kent, on the southeast coast of England, was a former hotel designed by Edward Welby Pugin, son of Augustus Pugin. The Granville was a hotel between 1869 and 1946 before being sold by proprietors Spiers & Pond.
Granville House, Victoria Parade
Edward Pugin's fireplace inside Granville House. Supported on red marble columns with the mantel carved in Caen stone. It bears the Granville coat of arms and the motto - Pile on the logs to make the fire great. Circa 1869.
Granville Hotel cup & saucer, pepper shaker, plate and nickel-plated tankard.
Granville Hotel crest of arms.