Building record TR 34 SW 2318 - Historic Building 3 Priory Road, Dover, Kent

Summary

3 Priory Road, Dover. Likely Early - mid C19th building located at the northern end of Priory Road, with a commercial and domestic use. Currently (2019) in a good condition. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3161 4167 (18m by 8m)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Forms part of a terrace of 9 houses of an early to mid C19 date and double depth plan, in a stock brick with rendered and painted (white) basement. The ground floor is raised above the street level and the door, which is located on the northern side of the façade, is accessed via a set of concrete steps. This door has a moulded stucco architrave with cornices on console brackets. There are a set of possibly original iron railings on both sides of these steps, as well as around a small area in front of the basement area, separating it from the street level. A further door is located beneath the steps up to the ground floor door, providing separate access to the basement level. There is a single window at the ground floor level, located just off centre on the southern side of the door, the window at the basement level aligns with this. There is a string course at the top of the rendered ground floor which forms a continuous sill to the two first floor windows. These first floor windows have original wrought-iron balconies. All windows have flat gauged brick window arches above, those on the first and second floors are rendered (and the brickwork surrounding the basement level window is rendered so this arch was not seen). The Ground floor, basement level and second floor windows have small protruding sills. A Gutter down pipe is located on the northern side of the façade, between this building and its northern neighbour (No. 1). This runs from the top of the second floor down to the basement level. A brick parapet with cement coping is situated over the second floor. Some wiring is attached untidily to the façade at various locations, this is associated with a security system (attached to brickwork ay the first floor level) and a large aerial and satellite dish at the roof level. The rear elevation is in brick rubble with coursed brick dressings. There is a later ground floor and basement level brick extension on the northern side of the rear elevation. The windows on this rear façade are a mix of original timber sashes and later/modern windows and there is a later flat roofed dormer located at the roof level. There are a number of modern, plastic gutter down pipes crossing the rear façade. Overall the building appears to be structurally sound and in a good condition.

There are six windows and a door located on the main (eastern) façade, all of which are original. The ground floor door which is located on the northern side of the façade is in timber painted black. It has four vertical panels, the upper two of which are glazed. There is a small rectangular overlight above the transom over the door, it appears to be fixed and the frame of this is in timber painted black. There is a further door beneath the steps up to the ground floor door, providing separate access to the basement level, this was not clearly seen. There is a single window at the ground floor and basement levels, located just off centre and on the southern side of the door. Both are timber framed sashes divided into multiple panes by timber glazing bars, 16 on the ground floor window (four wide by four high) and 12 at the basement level (four wide by three high) there are two windows at both the first and second floor levels, aligning across the floors. Again these are all original timber frames sashes divided into multiple panes by timber glazing bars. All are slightly narrower than the windows below, but at the first floor level they are taller. The first floor windows are 16 panes (three wide by five high) and the second floor windows are 9 panes (three wide by three high). The timber surrounds of all the windows and the door are painted black while the window frames themselves are painted white. All are in a good condition with all panes in tact and present. Not all of the windows on the rear elevation were clearly seen. Of those which were seen, three are original sashes, while two are later replacements (including a flat roofed dormer at the roof level). The paintwork on the original windows on the rear elevation is in a poor condition but otherwise they are in a good condition.

The eastern side of the roof was not clearly visible from the street level as it is located behind a brick parapet. It is in welsh slate roof with gabled ends over each of the party walls. There are brick stacks over both party walls. A large aerial is attached to the southern stack and a satellite dish to the northern. The western (rear) side of the roof is in a good condition with no bowing or obvious slipped/missing slates. The roof of the later extension to the rear of the property is hipped and in slate this also appears to be in a good condition. (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: #101780 Building, ]

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town - Area 2 The Priory (EKE19203)
  • Event Boundary: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre (EKE19201)

Record last edited

Jun 19 2019 4:08PM