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| Recognising Tonbridge Feature |
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| 140 High Street, Tonbridge |
This Recognising Tonbridge had more replies that any Recognising Tonbridge feature has ever had. Most of you who thought you had recognised the top of the dome were sure it was above Pizza Express on the Big Bridge. However, if you look up when you are next passing the restaurant, you will notice that the dome is topped with a weather vane.
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| Dome on clock tower above Pizza Express |
The featured dome is on the corner of Lamberts Yard and the High Street and nestles on the junction of the roof space, above what was the former Santander branch in the High Street. Built in 1898 it is typical of late Victorian architecture. It is well worth spending a few moments looking at it from the opposite side of the road, and trying to image what the building may have looked like a century ago.
It's sad to see this dignified old lady empty, but a planning application has been received by TMBC for a change of usage, so we will have to wait and see what that will be. Hopefully it will be befitting for what is afterall such a grand building.
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