Building record TR 34 SW 2311 - Historic Building 26 Queens Gardens, Dover, Kent

Summary

26 Queens Gardens, Dover. Likely mid - late C19th building located on the south western side of Queens Gardens, with a domestic use. Currently (2019) in a good condition. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3177 4152 (12m by 9m)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Small mid C19th (possibly earlier) domestic cottage style building in a brown brick. Forms part of a terrace fronting immediately onto the street on the south western side of Queens Gardens (20-27). There is a single window on each floor, aligning across the floors. These windows are located on the south eastern half of the façade with a door on their north western side. There is a flat gauged brick arch over each of these windows, both of which have been painted cream, and small protruding stone sills, painted white. The door is set within a slight recess in the façade and there are is a small step up to it. There is a blocked semi-circular window above the transom over the door and there is a corresponding arch in the brickwork surrounding it, this is painted white. A small parapet with stone (?) coping is located over the first floor at the roof level, the coping has been painted black. A metal gutter down pipe runs through a gap in this parapet down to the pavement level, this is possibly original. There is a small rectangular opening located at the pavement level, directly below the ground floor window, highlighting the presence of a basement below the ground floor. This has been glazed but it is possible that this opening may have originally functioned as a coal shoot or similar. Modern wiring is draped untidily in several locations across the façade, likely associated with an aerial attached to the roof. The brickwork is slightly discoloured in some locations but otherwise the building is in a good condition and appears to be structurally sound.

Both windows and the door are modern plastic (white) replacements, as is the opening below the ground floor window at the pavement level. These are all in a good condition.

The roof was not clearly seen from the road, but information gathered from residents have informed that it is a double apex roof with guttering gathering water between the two apexes. It is tiled and there is a central stack with the fireplace below likely being located between the front and the rear rooms.

On a similar small scale as many of the buildings located on this narrow muse style street. The busy two-way traffic detracts from the small and quiet feel of this side street. (1)


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

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 2019. Historic building condition asseesment and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre. [Mapped feature: #101773 Building, ]

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town - Area 1 Town Centre (EKE19202)
  • Event Boundary: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre (EKE19201)

Record last edited

Jun 19 2019 12:35PM