Late C19th building forms the corner of the junction of Worthington Street with Queens Gardens. The ground floor has a former commercial use (it is currently un-occupied) but retains many of the original C19th shop front details. The Worthington Street ground floor façade is largely glazed with a single, near floor to ceiling pane. The south western corner of the building is set at an angle to the rest of the building, the main access to the ground floor is up two stone steps and through this door. Two decorative spherical pilasters are located on both sides of this angled corner and door, these are likely original and in stone (?) painted black. There is a further pilaster over the north eastern party wall, this is also painted black but is flat rather than rounded and possibly in timber or plaster rather than stone. The fascia stretches the length of the Worthington Street façade and onto the angled corner at the top of the ground floor. It protrudes slightly from the rest of the façade and has a moulded cornice at its top with metal flashing between the top of the cornice and the base of the first floor wall. Some of the paintwork on this cornice is peeling away. The shop front continues onto the Queens Gardens façade and occupies just over half of this façade at the north western end. This side of the commercial shop front consists of two large window panes, divided by a timber glazing bar, with the fascia and cornice continuing over them. Another rounded stone (?) pilaster is located on the southern side of this window, again painted black. The south eastern end of the Queens gardens façade is in a painted (white) brick and is occupied with a window and a door which abuts the far south eastern party wall. The window has been blocked and has a segmental brick arch above and protruding sill, the door is timber and modern with a square window over the transom above the door. The fascia and cornice continues onto this part of the façade as well but here it differs in that it does not protrude from the face of the building, and that it is painted black. It is unclear as to whether the upper floors are occupied, they are in a brown brick with some red brick detailing. There are two bays on the Worthington Street side, each continuing a single window per floor and with a third located within the angled corner. The first floor windows all (including that on the angled corner) have a segmental brick arch over while the second floor has a semi-circular arch over, all of which are in a red brick. There is also red brick detailing below the sills of the windows on both floors. Two closely spaced brown brick string courses are located between the first and second floors and there are also two brick pilasters; one over the north eastern party wall and another between the main façade and the angled corner. A metal bracket for a flag pole is located on the southernmost of these two pilasters, near the base of the first floor and a metallic gutter down pipe runs from the roof level to the top of the ground floor (below which it runs behind a pilaster down to the pavement level) next to the northernmost of the pilasters. Immediately below the roof level there is a stepped red brick cornice with dentil detailing. The architectural details on the first and second floor, including the brick detailing surrounding the windows, the string courses, pilasters and the cornice, continue onto the Queens Gardens side of the building as well. There are three equally spaced bays on this façade, with a single window per bay on each of the floors. the pilasters on this side are located over the south eastern party wall and between the main façade and angled corner. the northernmost of these has an old Queens Gardens street sign attached to it, near the base of the first floor. A number down pipes cross this side including one which appears to take waste water out of the building and which runs from the base of the second floor down to the pavement level, and a gutter down pipe which runs from the roof level down to the pavement over the south eastern party wall, the lower part of which appears to be a later plastic replacement. Though none of these appear to be entirely original, some original elements, such as the metal hoppers, do survive. There are a number of modern features attached to the façade including a large satellite dish, small vents, security systems and associated wiring and a light. Overall the building appears to be structurally sound, there are no cracks or vegetation growth in the brickwork which is in a good condition.

The commercial ground floor is largely glazed with three large window panes, two on the Queens Gardens side and one on the Worthington Street side, all of which are fixed. The surrounds to all of these are in a painted (white) timber, it is possible that the surrounds are original but this is not certain. The door to the commercial premises is located within the angled corner of the building, this is also in a painted timber with a timber frame. It has two large panels, the upper glazed. There is a small rectangular window above the transom over the door. At the south eastern end of the Queens Street Façade there is a smaller window and door. The window has been blocked but has a painted (black) timber frame. The door, which immediately abuts the south eastern party wall, is modern and also painted black. It has a square window above the transom over the door in a frosted glass and is likely modern. The first and second floor windows all appear to be later replacements though are in-keeping with the style and age of the building. The lower parts of all are two pane casement, with each pane separated by a timber mullion. the upper part of the first floor windows are all small rectangular awning windows, separated from the lower parts by a timber transom. The upper parts of the second floor windows are semi-circular and divided into three panes, the central square pane of each being an awning. The window within the angled corner, at the second floor level has been blocked by a painted (white) board. All the first and second floor window frames are in a painted (white) timber and are in a very good condition.

The roof is a mix of hipped and gable, the north western end, facing Worthington Street is hipped, while there is a gable end over the south eastern party wall. It is in slate with metallic flashing over the ridge. There is a brick stack over the north eastern party wall, this may be shared with the building to the north east but this is not clear. Though the roof was not clearly seen it appears to be I a good condition.

Late C19th building, forms the end of a terrace at the junction between Worthington Street and Queens Gardens, though it is different in terms of building materials, style and scale to the buildings located to the north east. Worthington Street was widened in the 1890’s and it is therefore likely that this is when this building was constructed. (1)

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