Churchill House School With Railed Area

Churchill House School, originally a terrace row, was built around 1802 and significantly rebuilt or remodelled around 1840. It is located on the north side of Spencer Square, Ramsgate, and incorporates a railed area. The building is rendered with a slate roof. The main block is three storeys and basement height, while the block to the left is four storeys. A four-storey canted bay extends from the left side, featuring modillion cornices on each storey, with the top storey rising above the parapet. A canted oriel window is situated on the second floor to the right, and a two-storey and basement canted bay sits below it and centrally to the left. These bays contain sash windows, with French doors on the first floor and two central metal casements on the second floor. A tented verandah stretches across the entire first floor, supported by piers with simple scrolls and Gothick panelled rails. The two central entrance doors consist of six raised and fielded panels, with the top two panels glazed, set within fluted surrounds. A boarded door is located to the left, within a 20th-century single-storey porch. Simple rails with urn finial principals enclose the basement areas. The left return side, facing Royal Road, is four storeys high with irregularly spaced windows. Ionic pilasters extend to a cornice parapet, and stacks are visible on the left. A three-bay section to the right has only one space glazed on the second floor and two spaces on the first floor. A shallow four-storey bay to the left has varying storey levels compared to the right-hand section. A half-glazed door in a moulded surround is positioned in the centre left. The facade treatment, including pilasters and cornices, extends onto the adjacent numbers 1 and 3 Royal Road, drawing decorative motifs from the broader Royal Road layout (1827-36), thereby masking the earlier construction which may still be the 1802 structures built for James Townley.