Late C19th building forms the corner of the junction of Worthington Street with Queens Gardens. Part of a terrace running towards the south west, 15-19 Worthington Street with which shares number architectural details. The ground floor has a commercial use as a pub but retains a number of the original C19th shop front details. The Worthington Street ground floor façade is largely glazed with three large, near floor to ceiling, panes divided by timber glazing bars. The north eastern corner of the building is set at an angle to the rest of the building, the main access to the ground floor is up a stone steps and through this door. Two decorative fluted spherical pilasters are located on both sides of this angled corner and door, these are likely original and in stone (?) painted white. There is a further pilaster over the south western party wall, this is also painted white, fluted and rounded. The fascia stretches the length of the Worthington Street façade and onto the angled corner at the top of the ground floor. There is a moulded cornice over this fascia attached to which are four modern lights to illuminate the commercial signage. The pub front continues onto the Queens Gardens façade and occupies the north western half of this ground floor. This side of the commercial shop front consists of three further large window panes, again divided by a timber glazing bars, the fascia and cornice continuing over them, with three more modern lights attached to the cornice. There are four small modern vents located beneath the windows, possibly suggesting the presence of a basement below. Another partial rounded and fluted stone (?) pilaster is located on the south eastern side of these windows, again painted white, separating the glazed part of the façade from the brickwork to the south. The south eastern end of the Queens gardens façade is in brick has a large, near floor to ceiling height window separated into three sections by brick mullions. There is a rendered band located directly above these windows, the base and top of which protrudes slightly and has dentil detailing, and which aligns with the top of the cornice over the commercial signage. The upper floors are in brick with stone/plaster detailing. At the first floor level on the Worthington Street side there is a large, centrally placed bay window, with the base resting on the protruding cornice on the floor below. There is a rendered/stone string course aligning with the top of this bay, and another at the base of the second floor, forming a continuous sill for the second floor window. The second floor window is centrally placed on the Worthington Street façade and aligns with the central part of the bay window below. There are two rendered/stone pilasters on either side of this window and two further pilasters, one over the south western party wall and another on the edge of the angled corner, this second pair continue onto the floor below as well as up onto the brick parapet located over the second floor. The two string courses present on the Worthington Street side continue onto the angled corner and Queens Gardens façade and are again positioned directly over a first floor windows and at the base of the second floor windows. There are two windows, one per floor, aligning with the ground floor door in this corner, both are narrower than the other windows located across the façade. More pilasters are located on this angled corner, one on either side of the windows, stretching from the base of the first floor up to the roof level. The first and second floors of the north eastern half of the Queens Gardens side of the building mirror the Worthington Street side. Between the northern and southern halves of the façade are two rendered/stone pilasters, both of which continue onto the brick parapet above the second floor, with a decorative, spherical finial between them over the coping of the parapet. There is a very small window located between these pilasters at the second floor level. The south eastern end of the façade is occupied by two further windows, one at the first and another at the second floor level, both of which align with the central portion of the large ground floor window. These are also framed by pilasters which again continue above onto the parapet. They are also present on the ground floor, over the mullions separating the ground floor window into three parts, here, however, they are in brick rather than rendered. There are two further pilasters located over the south eastern party wall, again continuing onto the parapet where there is another spherical finial located between them, as well as onto the ground floor where they are in brick. At the roof level, over the north eastern corner of the building is a large, octagonal turret. There windows on each of the visible faces of the turret (five were visible from the street level) with the pilasters on the floors below continuing up onto the faces of this turret and forming decorative window surrounds. The upper halves of these windows are rounded and each has a keystone within the surround at its centre. There is a moulded cornice at the top of this turret over which rests the curved metallic roof. There is a fair amount of staining to the brickwork and the architectural details on both the Worthington Street and Queens Gardens sides of the buildings, and there is a small amount weathering and damage to the upper levels. There is also a small amount of vegetation growth, particularly on the brickwork of the parapet. Aside from this, the brickwork appears to be in a good condition with no obvious cracks indicating problems with the structure.

The commercial ground floor is largely glazed with three large window panes on both the Queens Gardens and Worthington Street sides of the building. All of these are fixed and have timber surrounds - 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 timber with a timber frame. It has two panels, the upper is glazed. There is a small rectangular window above the transom over the door. At the south eastern end of the Queens Street Façade there another window, separated into three parts by brick mullions. The central portion is much wider than the outer two, which are very narrow. All three parts consist of timber framed sashes, the outer two have two panes, while the central is separated into four by timber glazing bars. There are metal bars located over tis window, presumably for security. At the first floor level, on the Worthington Street façade, there is a large original bay window, the base of which rests upon the protruding cornice on the floor below. It is separated into four parts by decorative timber mullions, each consists of a two-pane timber sash, the outer two parts are rounded and are slightly smaller than two central parts. The roof of the bay is metal and there is a moulded cornice between the tops of the sashes and the roof of the bay. Some of the paintwork on the timber frames and mullions is chipped and discoloured, otherwise this original window is in a good condition with all panes intact. There is a further bay window in exactly the same style located at the first floor level at the north eastern end of the Queens Gardens façade. There are two further windows at the first floor level, one in the angled corner and another at the south eastern end of the Queens Gardens façade, both are simple two pane timber framed sashes. At the second floor level there are a total of six windows, one on the Worthington Street side, aligning with the central part of the bay window below, one in the angled corner, and three on the Queens Gardens side. The southern most aligns with the windows on the floor below while northernmost again aligns with the central portion of the bay window below and there is a narrow window located almost centrally between them. All of the second floor windows are timber framed sashes, that in the angled corner is divided into four panes by timber glazing bars, as is the window at the south eastern end of the façade, all of the others have two panes. Within the octagonal turret at the roof level, five windows were seen – there may have been more which were not visible from the street level. There are also two pane timber sashes the upper parts of which are rounded. All of the window frames are painted cream and there is some chipped paintwork, particularly on the bay windows, otherwise all are in a good condition and are likely original. With all panes intact.

The roof was not clearly seen as it is located behind a brick parapet but from the limited portion which was visible it appears to be hipped and in slate with metal flashing. The roof of the turret is highly decorative with curved sides and a domed top with cast iron weather vane attached. There is a brick stack located over the north western party wall. Both the turret roof and roof of the main building appear to be in a good condition with no bowing or slipped slates.

Late C19th building, forms the end of a terrace at the junction between Worthington Street and Queens Gardens. The turret emphasises its position at the corner of two streets and is one of a number of decorative original features surviving on this building. 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.