Late C19th building relatively tall and narrow, same build as No 53 and 55. No’s 50-55 form a terrace of 6 houses which are all of a similar size and share a number of architectural details. It is exactly the same (apart from on the ground floor) in terms of scale and details as its northern and southern neighbour. It also shares several architectural details with No’s 47-48 to the south, suggesting that these are also contemporary. The ground floor is heavily inserted for a modern commercial use, it retains non of the original shop front details.it is almost entirely glazed, with a glazed door towards the northern side. The areas over each of the party walls are covered in modern grey tiles at the ground floor level, and there is a large commercial fascia over the window and door with metallic flashing. The upper floors are in brick with stone detailing. At the first-floor level there is a large, central, canted oriel bay window, with a flat metallic roof, this is possibly a later insertion. A modern bracket, presumably for a flag pole is located near the base of the first floor on the northern side of the window. At the second-floor level there are two windows, each divided into four by stone mullions and transoms. These windows are closely spaced and together are approximately the same width as the bay window below. At the base of this floor there is a string course, this rests directly below the second floor windows and forms a continuous sill. This string course continues at the same level onto both buildings next door (53 and 55) and is present on all the other buildings within this short terrace. There are pilasters located between and on either side of the two windows, these continue onto the large, Dutch style gable dormer above. A metal gutter down pipe is located over each of the party walls, the southern has been painted to match the brickwork on No. 53 (cream) while the northern is black, both are the same and are likely original. Each run through a gap at the top of the second floor, down to lower part of the first floor where they are replaced by a modern black down pipe that continues 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. Both of these are also present on the buildings either side. There are two dormer windows divided by a stone pilaster, they are narrower than the windows on the second floor. They are located within a large brick and stone, Dutch style gable surround, with a slight parapet with stone coping, and a semi-circular pediment over. The stone detailing is damaged and weathered in places, particularly at the upper levels and there is some staining to the brickwork. Otherwise the building appears to be structurally sound.

The ground floor heavily inserted for a modern commercial use and is almost entirely glazed. There is a door towards the northern end of the façade with a small rectangular window above the transom over the door and another long rectangular (vertical) window on its northern side. The window to the south consists of a single large square pane. The frames for all the windows and door at the ground floor level are metal. The first-floor bay window has three segments separated by timber mullions, each of the segments are simple two pane sashes and the dormer windows are also timber two pane sashes. The second-floor windows are each divided into four by stone mullions. Each part consists of a timber framed casement windows, the lower two in each window are large single panes, while the upper parts are divided into four by timber glazing bars. All the timber frames are painted white and appear to be in a good condition. Some 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 55 on the northern side and 53 to the south. There is a brick stack over the southern party wall which is attached to the stack of No 53. 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.