Building record TR 34 SW 2344 - Historic Building 9 Saxon Street, Dover, Kent

Summary

9 Saxon Street. Likely Mid C19th building located on the northern side of the road, forming the 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 3159 4156 (7m by 10m)
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. There are area railings around the basement area, with a hedge growing immediately in front of it. The front garden area has a paved (with large concrete slabs) walkway between the street level and the front door. There is a mature hedge separating the front garden of this building from that on its western side.

Circa mid C19 forms the eastern end of a small block of four dwellings (9-12 Saxon Street). The ground floor doorway is located within a 3-storey porch set back from the main façade on the eastern side, there is a modern light attached to the wall over this door. This door is accessed via a set of two concrete steps. There is a possibly original C19th iron balustrade located on the eastern side of these steps. 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. A final window is located at the basement level, aligning with the ground floor window within the main façade, this was not clearly seen. 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 modern aerial and its associated wiring is attached to the façade next to the first floor window. The rear elevation is in random brick and flint rubble, the side elevation is also in this brick rubble but the side of the second floor is a coursed red brick. Overall the building is in a good condition and structurally sound.

Most of the windows appear to be the original timber framed sashes. 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 possibly original, it has four panels and a decorative metal knocker located between the two upper panels. 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. All the windows are in a good condition.

The roof is hipped and in welsh slate 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 ridge tiles are ceramic. There is a tall rendered axial stack over ridge at the western end of the property. 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: #101837 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