Royal Victoria Pavilion
Ramsgate
Originally built in 1904 as a concert hall and assembly rooms, the strikingly elegant Victorian/Edwardian building is situated just feet from Ramsgate’s sandy beach on the North Kent coast.
With this project, the key elements included replacing the signature curved zinc roof and a succession of oval dormer windows that had long since disappeared. Large scale, classical arched windows that had been blocked up were re-opened and re-glazed in their original format reconnecting the interior with the stunning coastal landscape.
For the interior we recreated the romantic grandeur of the original building, whilst employing subtle contemporary techniques to create a ‘timeless’ elegant look befitting a building of such distinctive character.
One of these features included the ground floor bar which from historical photographs kdpa recreated to add to the visual gravitas generated by the exterior. Similarly, a grand staircase utilising original balustrade details sweeps the customer up onto a first floor balcony that surrounds the impressive internal space.
Photography: © Pippa Hudson Photography