Chatham Arms

The Chatham Arms is an early 19th-century public house in Ramsgate, altered in the later 19th century. It is constructed of painted brick with a slate roof. The building is two storeys and has an attic, featuring a rounded corner piece with a double semi-dormer on the left side and a flat-roofed dormer on the right. Chimneys are located on both the left and right sides. The left return has two glazing bar sashes. The corner block has two sashes on the first floor. The right side also has two sashes on the first floor. A glazing bar sash and a half-glazed, panelled door with a semi-circular surround are found on the left return. The corner block features a half-glazed door and a mullioned and transomed window with a cornice and panelled apron. The right side has a half-glazed door and a mullioned window on the ground floor, with a boarded passage door at the far right end. The corner block was depicted on Collard and Hurst’s 1822 map of Ramsgate and was used as a school for 37 years during the 19th century before becoming a public house.