Late C19th tall and narrow building constructed after Biggin Street was widened in the 1890’s. It was likely constructed at the same time and is the same build as its neighbour on the northern side, No. 48, with which it shares several identical architectural details. The ground floor is heavily inserted for a modern commercial use and retains few of its original features. It is mostly glazed with a glazed door on its northern side and a large modern fascia containing the commercial signage over. The upper floors look un-occupied though this is not certain, and they may be in use as storage for the shop below. They are in brick with stone detailing and retain many of the original and decorative architectural features. There are four windows per floor on the first, second and third floors, these align across the floors and take up most of the narrow façade. At the first-floor level the areas around and between the windows are in a buff coloured stone and there is a string course in the same stone, running across the tops of them all. Another stone string course is located at the base of the second floor, over which rest seven small stone brackets supporting the continuous sill below the windows. The second-floor windows also have stone surrounds, these are more elaborate than on the floor below; each window has a separate carved stone surround with a semi-circular pediment over. A further stone string course is located at the top of these pediments with a fourth and final one located above this and forming a continuous sill to the third-floor windows. These again have stone surrounds with three pilasters separating the windows, these continue onto the gable end above, dividing it into four segments. There is a slight parapet over the gable end hiding the roof, this has stone coping which is decoratively scrolled at the base over each of the party walls. At the base of the gable end is a stone cornice which forms a continuous header to the third-floor windows. There are two small recessed areas within the gable resting directly above the cornice. These look like blocked windows, but it is unlikely that they were ever open as the brickwork is exactly the same as that used across the rest of the façade, they are, therefore, purely for decorative purposes. Alongside this, at the very top of the gable there is a small section of decoratively carved stone. A pilaster runs through this decorative section from the top of the ridge in the gable end, between the central windows on the third and second floors, finishing with a carved finial just below the string course beneath the second floor. Over the southern party wall, there is a, possibly original metal gutter down pipe. This runs from the base of the gable down to the top of the ground floor where it presumably continues behind the face of the shop front, down to the pavement level. The hopper at the top of the gutter down pipe is attractive and the water pours through a small stone arch above the hopper with a triangular pediment over, presumably from a valley gutter located between the two roofs. Some of the stone detailing across the façade is badly weathered and stained, the same is true for some of the brickwork particularly towards the top of the building. There is also a small amount of vegetation growth. These problem areas are, however, fairly localised and overall the building appears to be in a good condition and looks structurally sound.

The ground floor openings are heavily inserted and modern for a commercial use. There is a glazed door on the northern side of the ground floor with a large, floor to ceiling pane on its southern side, a rectangular pane above the transom over the door and a long narrow pane on its northern side. All of the frames and surrounds appear to be metallic/plastic and painted grey. There area four windows on each of the, first-third floors. These are all two pane timber sashes with eth frames painted white. Some of the paintwork on the frames is slightly shipped but otherwise the windows appear to be in a good condition. (1)

<1> Kent County Council, 2019, Historic building condition asseesment and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre (Unpublished document). SKE52120.