Leas Lift Folkestone at risk

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Postby EAS » 27 Jul 2009, 18:30

It should also be on the Buildings at Risk Register, Please also contact Catherine Townsend at SAVE. A picture, a description, and the details of your Conservation Officer will be useful, and an outline of the problem.

Also, have you contacted regional HQ of English Heritage? Ask for the Historic Buildings person. Although Grade II is not strictly within its remit, it should be able to monitor and possibly pass you on to others who can help.
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Postby EAS » 27 Jul 2009, 18:35

http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gatew ... sourceID=5

Listed Buildings Online | |

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Building Name: The Leas Lift, Including Waiting Rooms, Brake Houses And Railings
Parish: Folkestone
District: Shepway
County: Kent
Postcode: CT20 2DZ
LBS Number: 175454
Grade: II
Date Listed: 28 April 1989

Date Delisted:
National Grid Reference: TR2274235667

Listing Text:

The following item shall be added to the list:

TR 2235 NE FOLKESTONE THE LEAS

1/285 The Leas Lift, including
Waiting Rooms, Brake
Houses and Railings
II
Water balance lift. 1st lift 1885 with 2nd lift added in 1890. Built for the
Folkestone Lift Company by Messrs Waygood and Co. This was only the 3rd lift in
England to be built operating by water balance. Waiting rooms of 1885 on lower
Sandgate Road frontage. Built of brick with tiled roof. 1 storey comprises
central entrance with wooden pediment, verandah of 6 wooden piers and central
cambered 6 panelled door flanked by casement windows. on each side are pavilion
style waiting rooms with hipped roofs and central tall 4-light canted bays under
thick wooden bargeboards. Left side pavilion has 2 casements. Right side
pavilion has 1 casement and 6 panelled door approached up a flight of stone
steps. Behind the waiting rooms rise 4 tracks 164 feet high, only the 2 1885
tracks being operational since the 1960s. Each track has an iron, wood and
glazed car. At the top of the track are 3 concrete and glazed brake houses.
The Leas frontage has a section of cast iron spear railings with dograil and urn
principals. The lift operates as follows: once the lower car was loaded the
toll collector contacted the brakesman who also had the job of supervising the
loading of the upper car. The weight of the loaded car approximated five tons
and to set them in motion the brake was released and the cistern valves opened
allowing whatever water was necessary into the tank of the upper car until its
ballast outweighed that of the lower car and its passengers. On arrival at the
bottom, the toll collector released the water into a drain running onto the
beach, although in later years, the water was pumped back up to the top for
re-use.
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Postby CJ » 27 Jul 2009, 19:08

hey, thats a great piece of research. many thanks.
I shall put together a presentation to the people you suggested and send on this week..
will keep this Forum updated.
cheers.
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Postby CJ » 28 Jul 2009, 14:54

A request for advice has been sent to English heritage and Save.
Many thanks for help given. Will update.
cheers
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Postby EAS » 29 Jul 2009, 19:09

Catherine at SAVE tells me you have sent further information, so it can now be looked into further. Let's hope some happy outcome can eventually ensue.
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Postby CJ » 29 Jul 2009, 19:53

we are very grateful. cheers. keep in touch.
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