Building record TR 34 SW 2336 - Historic Building 1 Saxon Street, Dover, Kent

Summary

1 Saxon Street. Likely Mid C19th building located on the northern side of the road, at th eastern end of a block of four buildings, 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 3163 4157 (7m by 11m)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

Forms the eastern end of a block of four houses, all are part of a single build. The front garden area is in concrete and there is a paved walkway between the street level and the front door, and a raised planting area on the eastern side of this walkway. There is a modern brick wall separating this walkway from concreted area of the main front garden which is currently used as off-street parking. A further modern brick wall separates the raised planting area from the street. A flint and rubble wall is located along the eastern side of the property and stretched to full length of the garden to the rear, separating the property from the car park on its eastern side. This is likely of a similar date to the building.

Circa mid C19 forms the eastern end of a small block of four dwellings (1-4 Saxon Street). The ground floor doorway is located within a 3-storey porch set back from the main façade on the eastern side, this is access via a set of three tiled steps with possible original C19th iron balustrade. The whole of the ground floor, including the ground floor of the porch, and the basement, is stuccoed and painted cream. There is a deep entablature over the ground floor with four stuccoed pilasters with capitals beneath; one located over the western party wall, one on the corner between the main façade and return toward the porch and one on either side of the door. A street sign is located within this entablature and appears to be integral to the plasterwork. There is some damage to the stucco at the top of the entablature on the return between the main façade and the porch. There are two windows at the ground floor level, one located centrally within the main façade and a second within the return, the latter is a later insertion. The upper floors are in an exposed sock brick and there are two windows per floor at both the first and second floor levels; one located centrally within the main façade and another aligning with the door within the porch. All have small projecting sills and the first-floor windows have flat gauged brick arches above, the one within the porch is rendered. A final window is located at the basement level, aligning with the ground floor window within the main façade. There is a deep stuccoed band and stucco scrolled brackets located under the overhanging eaves on the main portion of the façade. This band continues onto the three-story porch but the eaves do not overhang here, rather a small parapet rises over the roof level. A (possibly original) metal down pipe is located over the return wall between the main façade and porch. A number of modern features are attached to the façade including and aerial, security system and associated wiring and brackets. The rear elevation is rendered with a single window per floor and a small single-story extension over the back door. The render on the side and rear elevation is slightly discoloured otherwise the building is in a good condition and structurally sound.

Most of the windows appear to be the original timber framed sashes, aside from the later inserted window located within the return towards the porch and the basement window which is a modern casement window. The three located on the main façade are all divided into 12-panes by timber glazing bars (three wide by four high). Those located above the door are also timber framed sashes but are slightly narrower being only two panes wide. The door is in painted (white) timber and modern, it is largely glazed with eight square panes. There is a small rectangular window located above the transom over the door, also with a timber frame. All of the window frames are painted white. The windows within the rear elevations were not clearly seen but appear to be original sash windows, divided into multiple panes by timber glazing bars, and with frames again painted white. All the windows, including those which are original, are in a good condition.

The roof is hipped with deeply overhanging eaves on stuccoed scrolled brackets. There is a slight parapet at the roof level over the porch area on the eastern side of the building. The roof slates have been replaced by plain tiles. There is a tall rendered axial stacks over ridges. Both the roof structure and the stack appear 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: #101828 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 4:10PM