Late C19th building relatively tall and narrow, shares a number of architectural details with No’s 47-48 to the south, suggesting that they are contemporary, and it is also part of the same build as No 51 on its northern side. The ground floor is heavily inserted for a modern former commercial use (the building is currently empty). There is a large central door way with large floor to ceiling windows on both sides of it and a large fascia containing the commercial signage over. The upper floors are in a painted brick and there are several surviving decorative original features in painted stone. At the first-floor level there are four windows, these are closely spaced but take up much of the relatively narrow façade. All these windows have a slight segmental arch in brick over with a decorative central keystone. A pilaster runs between the two centre windows, from the base of the first-floor sill, between the windows on the second floor, up to the ridge at the top of the gabled dormer, where it finishes over the coping with a spherical finial. A further pilaster also runs from the top of the ground floor up to the roof level, over the southern party wall. This is likely in plaster with several intricate plasterwork details, including Corinthian style capitals at its very top. There are four windows at the second-floor level also, these align with those on the first floor. At the base of this floor there is a string course, this rests directly below the second floor windows and forms a continuous sill. Alongside the pilaster running through the central windows, there are two further stone pilasters located between the windows, these also continue into the gabled dormer but finish with decorative finials just below the string course below the second-floor windows. The tops of these windows lack the arches and keystones apparent on the floors below. Though they are painted, the flat brick gauged arch is visible over each window through the paint. A metal gutter down pipe is located over the norther party wall, it is possibly original and runs through a gap at the top of the second floor, down to the pavement level. Two further string courses are located on this façade, one at the top of the second floor and a final, which also forms a cornice at the roof level and a continuous sill to the dormer windows, located at the very top of the second floor. There are two dormer windows, these align with the central windows on the floors below. They are located within a large brick and stone surround, with a slight parapet with stone coping, stone pilasters on either side and between, and a large triangular pediment over. The intricate detailing within the pediment is in the same style as that apparent within the tops of the gable on No’s 47-48. The stone and plaster detailing is badly damaged and weathered in numerous places and there is quite a lot of vegetation growth across the façade, particularly over the gutter down pipe.

The doors and windows on the ground floor are modern, there is a central double door are set within a recessed porch area, this is glazed and there is a long rectangular window above the transom over the door. There are large floor to ceiling windows on either side of the door, fronting immediately onto the street, two further glazed areas are located on the return towards the recessed door. All the windows and door frames are metal and grey. The four first floor windows are all simple, two pane timber sashes. The upper parts of each of the sashes have a slight curve respecting the curve of the segmental arch above. The second floor and dormer windows are also timber sashes, the upper parts of all of these are divided into six smaller panes by timber glazing bars. All of the timber frames are painted white. There is a broken pane in one of the dormers and some of the paintwork on the frames and surrounds is untidy, otherwise the windows appear to be in a good condition and may be original, though this is not certain.

The roof is mansard and in slate – the slates are rounded on the bottom end (suggesting they are machine cut?). There is a large dormer with an elaborate surround (discussed above). The roof structure is shared with No 51 on the northern side. There is a brick stack over the southern party wall which is attached to the stack of No 49. Though only a small portion of the roof was seen, it appears 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.