Building record TR 34 SW 2258 - Historic Building 14-15 Cannon Street, Dover, Kent
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3189 4147 (19m by 11m) |
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Map sheet | TR34SW |
County | KENT |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Full Description
This building was constructed soon after Cannon Street had been widened in 1893. Large commercial ground floor retains some possibly original shop front details including the timber corner posts/glazing bars on the window, pilasters over the party walls and the recessed door. The stall risers below the window and pilasters are painted green to match the commercial signage. There is a recessed door on the far southern side of the façade, likely giving access to the residential upper floors. The first and second floor is in red brick with buff stone (likely sandstone) dressings and alternate courses of brick and stone. These alternate courses of brick and stone continue on the arches over the windows. The façade is split into two bays by a stone pilaster which runs from the base of the first floor to the cornice at the top of the second. Two further stone pilasters are present over the party walls. The southern bay is slightly wider than the northern and contains two windows on the first floor rather than one. Between the two windows on the southern bay of the first floor the is a stone plinth attached to the wall, presumable for a statue which has since been lost. There is a stone string course at the top of the first floor and another at the base of the second floor which also forms a continuous sill for the second floor windows. At the top of the second floor there is a stone cornice and a brick parapet with stone coping above it. The gutter down pipe is located over the southern party wall and is possibly original. The brickwork and stone is very badly stained in places, particularly on the first floor where the alternate stone courses are black. Much of the stone detailing is also very badly weathered, the cornice at the top of the second floor, is particularly bad. These is some untidy wiring associated with aerials and a security system. There is a large amount of vegetation growth across the façade, particularly at the parapet level and at the top of the gutter down pipe.
The ground floor is largely glazed, much of this may be original as all are timber framed. The glazing is split into two bays of equal size, the northern gives ground floor access through a recessed door, slightly offset from the centre of the bay. The southern bay gives access to the upper floors through another recessed door at the far southern end of the façade. All of the windows are split into large lower parts and small upper parts, all of which appear to be fixed. There are three windows on the first floor, two in the southern bay and one in the northern. The southern pair are split into four panes, the upper being much smaller than the lower, which are casement. The northern window is central to the bay and is split into six panes. The lower panes (three) align with the lower part of the southern windows, and again are all casement. The upper part has a decorative Diocletian style arched window with three panes, all of which appear to be fixed. The two windows on the second floor, which are located centrally within the two bays, also have this arched upper part. All of the window frames are painted (white) timber and are likely original. At the roof level, behind the parapet are two dormer windows. These were not clearly seen but appear to have timber surrounds and the southern looks wider than the northern.
Slate mansard roof, with two dormer windows located behind a parapet. There are brick chimney stacks at the ridge over both party wall, the northern is much shorter than the southern. There are modern satellite diches attached to the roof, with their associated wiring running across the façade. (1)
<1> Kent County Council, 2019, Historic building condition asseesment and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre (Unpublished document). SKE52120.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1>XY SKE52120 Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 2019. Historic building condition asseesment and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre. [Mapped feature: #101720 Building, ]
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Related Events/Activities (2)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town - Area 1 Town Centre (EKE19202)
- Event Boundary: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre (EKE19201)
Record last edited
Jun 19 2019 12:26PM