Building record TR 34 SW 2329 - Historic Building 12 Effingham Crescent, Dover, Kent
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3158 4165 (12m by 13m) |
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Map sheet | TR34SW |
County | KENT |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Full Description
Crescent of 5 pairs of houses, with a convex front, each pair alternately advanced and recessed slightly.
Forms part of a terrace of 10 houses all of a mid C19 date of a double depth plan. The front façade is stuccoed and painted cream, this render is scored to give the impression of large block construction. The whole build is very slightly recessed from its western neighbour but is flush with its eastern. The ground floor is raised from the street level and the door which is on the eastern side of the façade and is set within a recessed porch area, is accessed via a set of eight concrete steps. There are low stuccoed walls on the both sides of these stairs leading to a stuccoed gate pier with a moulded cap. A door is located beneath these steps providing separate access to the basement level. There is a single window at the ground floor level, located just off centre and on the on the western side of the door, and the basement level window aligns with it. A stucco entablature is located over the ground floor supported by two pilasters with moulded caps; one on either side of the door. This entablature breaks forward over the door and there is a moulded cornice above, which is continued over the door on the eastern side (No. 11). The render is slightly advanced at the basement level and flush with the pilasters surrounding the door. There are two windows at the first floor level both have moulded architraves on their surrounds. The second-floor windows align with those on the first floor, they have small protruding sills but lack the detail on the surrounds. There is a large moulded stucco eaves cornice at the top of the second floor. In front of the building there is a low stuccoed brick wall and tall stuccoed gate piers separating the front garden area from the street. There is a metal gutter down pipe running from the roof level down to the basement level over the western party wall, this has been painted to match the render. A small amount of wiring is attached to the façade, this is grouped tidily over the entablature over the ground floor. The rear elevation is in flint with coursed brick dressings. Numerous modern and waste water down pipes run across it but otherwise it is relatively un altered. Overall the building is in a good condition.
There are 6 windows located across the façade and a further flat roofed dormer at the roof level. All are original timber framed sashed painted white divided into multiple panes by timber glazing bars. The ground, first and second floor windows are all divided int 12 panes (three wide by four high) while the basement level window is 16 panes (four wide by four high) and the dormer is six panes (three wide by two high). The dormer has a metallic surround and there is a large aerial attached to it. The door which is located on the eastern side of the façade and set within a recessed porch area, is possibly original and in a good condition. It is in timber painted black with two large vertical panels. There is a rectangular overlight above the transom over the door with a timber frame painted white. The door at the basement level is timber painted green, it is a modern replacement and largely glazed with 12 rectangular panes divided by timber glazing bars. The windows on the rear elevation are also original timber framed sashes (though the ground floor and basement level windows were not clearly seen). Two are 12 pane and a further two are eight pane. The dormer window is a later plastic replacement. All visible windows are in a good condition.
The roof is gabled in welsh slate with ceramic ridge tiles. The gable ends are over both of the party walls and there is a rendered axial stack over the western party wall. There is a large aerial attached to the dormer window, and a further to the rear of the property attached to the roof near the base of the stack. The roof is in a good condition with no bowing or obvious slipped slates. (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 SKE52120 Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 2019. Historic building condition asseesment and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre. [Mapped feature: #101821 Building, ]
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- Event Boundary: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre (EKE19201)
Record last edited
Jun 19 2019 4:09PM