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OS benchmark, Union Crescent (last chance to see?)
Listed as 12.47m. On a derelict building which looked set for demolition & redevelopment.
Image: © Keith Edkins
Taken: 23 Jun 2015
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Former Thanet Press buildings, Union Crescent
Planning permission has been granted by Thanet District Council under application number F/TH/17/1799 for a “change of use of former printworks to artist's studio (B1) and residential (C3) together with external alterations, including roof addition”.
This was the
Image in December 2018.
Image: © John Baker
Taken: 15 Oct 2019
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A blue plaque in Duke Street, Margate
Dedicated to Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, the second son of King George III who decided that he should pursue a military career. He was later pilloried in the rhyme "The Grand Old Duke of York..."
Image: © pam fray
Taken: 31 May 2011
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Former Thanet Press buildings, Union Crescent
Hoarding has been erected along the frontage of the
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Planning permission has been granted by Thanet District Council under application number F/TH/17/1799 for a “change of use of former printworks to artist's studio (B1) and residential (C3) together with external alterations, including roof addition”.
Image: © John Baker
Taken: 9 Dec 2018
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Derelict building, Union Crescent
Image: © John Baker
Taken: 9 Dec 2018
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Former Thanet Press buildings, Union Crescent
There was an information board on one of the buildings bearing the name Jesse Holness http://www.jesseholnessproperty.com/
Image: © John Baker
Taken: 22 Jun 2014
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Looking east along Prince?s Street
The derelict buildings, in the distance, are the backs of the
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Image: © John Baker
Taken: 30 Jul 2017
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Former general post office, Margate
A grade II listed building, built 1910. Signs show it has been let, but it appears unoccupied so far.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 20 Mar 2016
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The Gazette Printing Works, Union Row
A business that was established in 1870 to publish the Isle of Thanet Gazette.
Image: © John Baker
Taken: 30 Jul 2017
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Margate : former post office
Architect: Henry Collins
Year: 1910
Listed building status: Grade II - https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1241810?section=official-list-entry.
**Archive sources**
British Postal Museum and Archive: POST 91/2316
National Archives: WORK 13/349
**Selected bibliographical references**
Academy Architecture 1911, pt 2, p. 133)
Architect & Building News 17 Aug 1928, p. 217 (illustration)
Builder 2 May 1908, p. 518
Western Gazette 22 July 1910, p. 4
**History**
Opened: 19 July 1910
Closed: 18 Mar 2015
Current use: Restaurant
Image: © Jim Osley
Taken: 19 Mar 2022
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