Building record TR 34 SW 2315 - Historic Building 8 New Street, Dover, Kent

Summary

32 Queens Gardens, Dover. Likely mid C19th building, formerly the Prince of Orange pub located on the north western side of New Street, with a domestic use. Currently (2019) in a Fair-good condition. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3181 4150 (16m by 15m)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

Former pub, now converted into flats, located on the junction between Queens Gardens and New Street. It is in a red brick with rendered detailing and the south eastern corner at an angle to the rest of the structure. The main ground floor door is located within this angle. It has a rendered moulded surround with a keystone above and there is a window above the transom over the door. Above this door at the first floor level, is a three light canted oriel bay window. This has rendered mullions and a decorative pedimented cornice over. There is some weathering and damage to the pediment and cornice over this bay. There are two further ground floor doors, one located centrally within the Queens Gardens façade and the other centrally on the New Street façade. Both are set within a slight recess in the brickwork and have windows with arched tops above the transoms over the doors. There are three windows at the ground floor level on both the Queens Gardens and New Street sides of the building. All have segmental arches in the brickwork above and iron railings, painted light green over the sills. Two of the windows on each side of the building (those located near the north east and north west corners) are closely spaced and separated by brick pilasters, while the third on both sides is situated between the doors and the angled corner. The area between the base of the ground floor windows and the pavement level is tiled with modern, light green coloured tiles. There are two small gaps in this tiled band beneath the two windows closest to the angled south eastern corner. These likely represent blocked windows and indicate the presence of a basement below this building. There is a rendered band which runs across the whole of the top of the ground floor level would have likely held the commercial signage relating to the former use of this building as a pub. A moulded string course is located at the top of this rendered band, this forms a continuous sill to all of the first floor windows. There are nine first floor windows, including the bay discussed above. All align with the openings at the ground floor level, are set within a slight recess in the brickwork and have painted stone lintels above. There is a highly decorative cornice in red brick located directly above the first floor windows and immediately below the overhanging eaves. Several modern features are attached to the façade, including two large lights and three satellite dishes. Overall, despite some areas of untidiness the building appears to be structurally sound and in a good condition.

The main ground floor door, located within the angled corner of the building is likely original and in timber painted light green with two moulded panels in the lower part and a single glazed upper panel. there is some damage to the moulded panels in the lower part of this door and the large pane un the upper half has been blocked. The two other doors located on the Queens Gardens and New Street side of the building are also likely original and in timber painted light green with two moulded panels in the lower part and a single glazed upper panel. These are in a better condition. All three doors above the transoms, and there is a segmental arch in the upper jamb. The window above the transom over the door is missing its pane. All of the other windows appear to be later insertions though they are in-keeping with the style and age of the building and are in a good condition.

The roof is hipped and gabled in slate, there are three tall brick stacks, two are located over the north eastern party wall while the third is located within the north western face of the roof. Overall the roof structure appears to be in a good condition

Former pub located on a quiet side street off the main shopping street (Biggin Street) opposite the Roman Painted House. Mentioned in Pigot's Directory 1840 under "Taverns and Public Houses". As a beerhouse of 1846 it presumably honoured the prince, who was reported off Dover, with five hundred ships and transports, on 3 November 1688. His landing was much further West but the result was significant.(1)


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

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  • <1>XY Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 2019. Historic building condition asseesment and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre. [Mapped feature: #101777 Building, ]

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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 12:36PM