Large late C19th building forming the corner between Biggin Street and Worthington Street. The ground floor has a modern commercial use and occupies the whole of the Biggin Street façade and the northern half of the Worthing Street façade. On the Biggin Street side there is a central double doorway, set within a slightly recessed porch. The rest of this side is occupied by two large rectangular windows, one on either side of the door, with timber stall risers below. The door and windows frames, and the stall risers below are painted blue to match the commercial signage which is located on a large fascia above the windows and the door. On either side of the two windows are polished stone pilasters. These are topped with a stone console that aligns with a stone cornice at the top of the ground floor. Both the pilasters and the cornice are likely original and in a fairly good condition. The north west corner of the ground floor is set at a slight angle to the rest of the building. There is another large window, with stall riser below painted in the same blue colour, located within this angled corner and a further polished stone pilaster on its south western side. The fascia continues onto this corner, it is rounded (whereas the window below is flat) to correspond with the floors above which are also rounded and meaning that it has a slight overhang. The Worthington Street side of the ground floor may be divided into two parts; the shopfront continues on the northern half while the southern is in stone with another polished stone pilaster between the two parts and a final pilaster on the far south western end of the building. The northern half consists of two large window panes divided by a timber glazing bar beneath which is a timber stall riser and over is the continuation of the commercial fascia. The southern part consists of large buff coloured stone blocks with a single doorway, also painted blue, on the far southern side with a blocked window above. The stone blocks are arranged vertically over the door and there is the possible site of a blocked opening, indicated by the presence of more vertically set blocs, on the northern side of the door. Though the fascia does not continue onto this part of the Worthington Street façade, the cornice above it does. There is a fair amount of staining to the blockwork directly below this cornice. The upper floors of the Biggin Street side of the building are in red brick with stone detailing, it may be split into three bays with a fourth occupying the rounded corner. Each bay has a single window, these align across both floors and the central window aligns with the ground floor door. Each of the windows have a decoratively carved stone surround, the central first floor window also has a triangular pediment over and the central second floor window has a keystone. There is a small string course aligning with the top of the first floor windows and, at the base of the first floor, is a decorative balustrade that rests directly over the ground floor cornice and immediately below the first floor sills. There is a second string course located at the base of second floor windows, this forms a continuous sill and is level with the string course located at the base of the second floor on No. 55 to the south east. The string course protrudes slightly when below the windows and each protrusion is supported by two stone brackets. There is a final stone string course located near the top of the second floor, just beneath a stone cornice at the very top of the façade. there is a very slight brick parapet with stone coping over this cornice and a single large gabled dormer, again in brick with stone coping and detailing, aligning with the central windows on the floors below. There are two further dormer windows, one either side of the large gable dormer, but these are much smaller and are set back from the main façade. At each end of the Biggin Street façade there is a buff coloured stone pilaster, these are a continuation of the polished stone pilasters located at the ground floor level and are highly decorative with a number of intricate stone details. Many of the decorative architectural features located on the Biggin Street side continue onto the curved corner of the building. These include all three of the string courses, the balustrade at the base of the first floor and the cornice at the top of the second. There is a large and curved Palladian window located at the first floor level, divided into three parts by stone mullions and with a decorative stone surround. The second floor window also gas a stone surround and the window is divided into two parts by a stone mullion. this mullion continues above the window to the cornice and below it to meet the keystone on the Palladian window below, forming a pilaster that runs centrally through the rounded corner. Another decoratively carved pilaster is located on the south western side of the corner, resting directly over a polished stone pilaster and console at the ground floor level. There is a continuation of the string courses, cornice and balustrade onto both parts of the Worthington Street façade also, as well as two further stone pilasters, one located centrally, and a final located at the far south western side end of the building, both of which are again positioned directly over the ground floor pilasters. There are six windows per floor on the Worthington Street side, three in each part, again aligning across the floors. These windows lack the stone surrounds present on the Biggin Street side, at the first-floor level they have flat gauged brick arches and at the second floor there are semi-circular brick arches corresponding to the rounded upper parts of the second floor windows. The northernmost of the first floor windows, located in the southern part of the façade is blocked and both of the central windows on the southern part of this side are slightly narrower than all of the others. The slight brick parapet with stone coping continues onto this side of the building, behind which are six small dormer windows with decorative plaster surrounds. These align with the windows on the floors below. At the pavement level of the Worthington Street side there are two small areas of glazed bricks, immediately abutting the base of the walls, suggesting the presence of a basement below the building. There are a number of modern features and some wiring attached to both sides of the façade, these are mostly associated with a security system and lighting and some of which looks to be redundant. There is a fair amount of staining to both the brickwork and the stone detailing, and the stone is weathered in places. There is also a small amount of vegetation growth located at the roof level. Otherwise the building appears to be structurally sound and in a fairly good condition, with a lot of surviving original and decorative architectural features.

The ground floor has a modern commercial use. The main door is located within the Biggin Street façade, it is located centrally and consists of large double timber doors, set within a slightly recessed porch area, each with a large glazed panel the base of which aligns with the tops of the stall risers below the windows. Both the doors and door frames are in timber painted blue to match the commercial signage. There is a large rectangular window on each side of the door and a third in the angled corner, again with timber frames painted blue. The shop front continues onto the northern half of the Worthington Street façade and consists of a very large window, divided centrally into two panes by a timber glazing bar, again with timber frames painted blue. At the far south western end of the Worthington Street side there is another door, presumably giving access to the floors above. the door is timber with six panels and the is a, likely original, metal door bell on its southern side. There are three windows per floor on the Biggin Street Façade all of which are timber framed sashes with single large panes in the upper and lower parts of the sash. The window within the large central gable dormer consists of a timber framed sash, both the upper and the lower parts are divided into two panes by timber glazing bars and the top of the window is arched. The two further dormer windows on this side of the façade (one on each side of the gabled dormer) were not clearly seen though they also appear to be timber framed sashes divided into four panes, with a slight segmental arch to the upper parts of the sash. They both have highly decorative timber/plaster surrounds which have been painted grey. The Palladian window located at the first floor level on the rounded corner of the building is divided into three timber framed sashes by stone mullions. The central part of the window is double the width of the outer parts and has a rounded upper part. Each of the upper parts of the sashes within the Palladian window is divided into four panes by timber glazing bars. The second floor window in the rounded corner is divided into two parts, again by a stone mullion, each of the two parts consists of a narrow timber framed sash with single panes in the lower and upper parts. All of the windows on the Worthington Street façade are also timber framed sashes, the upper halves of those on the second floor are rounded and the central second floor windows have stone keystones. The northernmost of the first floor windows, located in the southern part of the façade is blocked and both of the central windows on the southern part of this side are slightly narrower than all of the others. There are six small dormer windows on this side of the building aligning with the windows on the floors below. These were not clearly seen but also appear to be timber framed sashes divided into four panes, with decorative plaster/timber surrounds (again painted grey) and arched upper parts. All of the frames for the windows on the upper floors are painted white and all appear to be original with glazing bars intact. It is unclear as to whether the ground floor timber window frames are original or later replacements. There is some chipped paintwork, particularly on the ground floor, otherwise all of the windows and doors are in a good condition.

The roof is set back slightly from the main façade, behind a small brick parapet. It 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) located centrally on the Biggin Street Façade. There are eight further smaller dormers (two on Biggin Street Side and Six on Worthington Street side). The roof structure appears to be shared (or at least is in a vary similar style) with No 55 on the southern side. There is a brick stack over the south western party wall which is possibly shared with and another on the south eastern. There is a small amount of vegetation growth located just behind the parapet in a couple of areas and there is a large modern aerial located, again behind the parapet on the Worthington Street side. Though only a small portion of the roof was seen, it appears to be in a good condition.

It is unknown whether the upper floors are occupied. Large late C19th building retaining a number of attractive architectural details. The rounded corner is well suited to its location on the crossroads between Biggin Street, Worthington Street and Pencester Road. Both Biggin Street and Worthington Street (which was previously a very narrow lane) were widened in the 1890’s suggesting that this is when this building was constructed. It is the same build as 3-11 Worthington Street and shares numerous architectural details with them. It also shares features with the buildings located to the south along Biggin Street, including the level/height of the floors, the roof structure as well as the location of some of the string courses, suggesting that they are contemporary. (1)

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