The Lido, Eastern Quadrant

The Lido, located in the eastern quadrant of Ramsgate's Royal Esplanade, is a sunshelter that has been converted into a shop and amusement arcade. It was constructed between 1928 and 1929 by architect Basil C. Deacon of Franklin and Deacon from Luton. The building features a rendered exterior topped with a pantiled roof and is designed as a single storey structure. It has projecting hipped pavilions on either side of a curved arcade supported by Doric columns, comprising a total of eleven bays. The building includes a frieze and a projecting cornice with modillions. All eleven bays retain their original metal-traceried rectangular fanlights; however, only the left four bays have their original metal French doors, while the others have been replaced with later 20th-century versions. The side pavilions feature boarded doors set within doorways that have cornices, along with metal-framed sidelights. The design is similar, though not identical, to the western quadrant, which was built alongside the bandstand, now a boating pond.