Esplanade Pavilion

Heritage listing

Details In the entry for: XCL 10(1947 ED) RYDE ESPLANADE Modern NGR-SZ 59 SE The Pavilion 3/400 II The entry shall be amended to read : XCL 10(1947 ED) RYDE ESPLANADE Modern NGR-SZ 59 SE The Pavilion 3/400 II Seaside pavilion. 1926-7 by Vincent and West, archts.., with cast-iron stock patterns supplied by Mc Farlanes of Glasgow. Cast - iron frame with iron panelled cladding; tiled roofs. Large central theatre, aisled and rectangular in plan, with 4 external corner towers. Theatre under curved roof with segmented hips. The towers of 2 storeys have tent roofs with finials; upper storey glazed with decorative ironwork top lights (3 unequal windows to each face, continuous 3:6:3 lights). Lower storey (under moulded string course) with decorative moulded dado. Principal entrance front with gable porch flanked by 6- light windows. Single balustrade at first floor level links the towers. Open pentice with cast - iron supports to north side; vestibule and offices added to south. This is an interesting example of a now rare survival of cast-iron seaside architecture by a prominent firm well-known for decorative work of this sort. ------------------------------------ This building shall be included in the list: BOROUGH OF RYDE XCL 10(1947 ED) Modern NGR- SZ59SE ESPLANADE 3/400 The Pavilion II Seaside pavilion. 1920s by McFarlane's of Glasgow. Cast-iron frame with timber panel cladding; tiled roofs. Large central theatre, aisled and rectangular in plan, with 4 external corner towers. Theatre with no windows under curved roof with segmented hips. The towers of 2 storeys have tent roofs with finials; upper storey glazed with deco- rative ironwork top lights (3 unequal windows to each face, continuous 3:6:3 lights). Lower storey (under moulded string course) with deco- rative moulded

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.