Building record TR 34 SW 2340 - Historic Building 5 Saxon Street, Dover, Kent
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3161 4157 (7m by 12m) |
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Map sheet | TR34SW |
County | KENT |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Forms the eastern end of a block of four houses, all are part of a single build. The front garden area is in brick and is currently used as off-road parking. There is a modern brick wall separating this front garden from that on the western side while a metal gate divides the front gardens on the eastern side. There are iron area railing around the basement level, it is unlikely that these are original but are in an in-keeping style.
Circa mid C19 forms the eastern end of a small block of four dwellings (5-8 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 accessed via a set of three concrete steps with possible original C19th iron balustrade. A modern light is attached to the wall on the eastern side of the door. 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. There is a single window at the ground floor level, located centrally within the main façade. 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, while the one on the pain façade is painted. 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. Some of the plasterwork on these brackets is weathered. 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 number of modern features are attached to the façade including two modern aerials with their associated wiring draped untidily across the façade. The rear elevation was not clearly seen but is rendered with a single window on all of the floors. There is some slight staining to the brickwork on the main façade but otherwise the building appears to be in a good condition and is structurally sound.
All of the windows are modern PVC replacements in a good condition, those on the rear elevation were not clearly seen but the windows here also appear to be modern. The door is in painted (blue) timber and modern. The upper half is glazed and divided into nine rectangular panes by timber glazing bars. There is a small rectangular window located above the transom over the door, this is divided into three parts by timber glazing bars and has a timber frame painted white.
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 concrete tiles, these have a fair amount of lichen growth particularly at the top near the ridge and the stack. There is a tall rendered axial stack over ridge. 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.
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: #101833 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