Freemasons Tavern is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1988. A Edwardian Public house.

Freemasons Tavern

WRENN ID
riven-postern-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Thanet
Constituency
East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1988
Type
Public house
Address
Freemasons Tavern, 71, High Street, Ramsgate, CT11 9RJ
OS grid reference
TR 381 651
Coordinates
51.33513, 1.41761
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Freemasons Tavern is a public house built in 1908, located on the north-east side of Ramsgate High Street. The building features green glazed tiles, rubbed red brick, and a slate roof. It has a quadrant-shaped plan for the main bar, with a rectangular rear block. The structure is two storeys high and includes rusticated pilaster strip quoins and modillioned eaves beneath a hipped quadrant roof, with chimney stacks at the rear right. The first floor has three glazing bar sash windows, while the ground floor is characterized by a plinth that supports columns with a fascia. The facade has recessed plate glass windows that curve with the building, along with half-glazed doors on either side, all adorned with etched and stained glass featuring cusped decoration in the frames. The rear block is constructed from utilitarian red brick. Inside, the tavern has a panelled dado, bar, and ceiling, which radiate out to the quadrant circumference.

Local climate

Freemasons Tavern sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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