Building record TR 34 SW 2372 - Historic Building 9 High Street, Dover, Kent

Summary

9 High Street, Likely Mid C19th building with a largely original C19th shop front located on the western side of the road, within the central portion of the terrace, 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 3158 4171 (17m by 14m)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

Forms part of a terrace of ten mid C19th buildings, many of which retain their original C19th shop fronts. The whole building is slightly advanced from its south eastern neighbour but flush with its north western. The shop front of this building covers the whole of the ground floor on the north eastern facade. This has many surviving C19th features which include: some of the windows, the window and door surrounds, turned corner-posts between the windows, fluted pilasters and consoles over the party walls, the fascia containing the commercial signage and the protruding cornice at the top of the ground floor. All of which are in a good condition and some of which are highly decorative. Two doors, one giving access to the ground floor and another door providing access to the upper floors, are located within a recessed porch area on the north western side of the façade. This porch has an original timber panels over the ceiling and the party wall, these are in an exposed but treated timber. A number of modern lights are located immediately above the cornice over the ground floor illuminating the commercial signage on the fascia. The upper floors are in an exposed stock brick. There are two windows per floor, aligning across the floors. All of these have painted (white) flat gauged brick arches above, the paintwork on these is badly chipped and discoloured. The second floor windows have small protruding sills while the first floor windows rest on a continuous sill located directly over the protruding cornice over the ground floor, again the paintwork on these is badly chipped and discoloured. There is a slight parapet above the second floor windows, this is also rendered with some cracks visible in the render. The south western (rear) elevation was not clearly seen but is in a brick rubble with coursed brick dressings. There is a narrow three storey rendered brick extension over the south eastern half of it. Despite some untidiness, the building is in a good condition and structurally sound with many surviving original features.

The ground floor commercial shop front is largely glazed. There are two doors, one provides access to the upper floors while the other to the ground floor. Both doors look original, that giving access to the ground floor is double with two large glazed upper panels, while the other door is in timber with four panels and a fifth glazed panel at its top. Both doors have rectangular windows above the transom over the door. The rest of the ground floor is glazed with likely original window frames, including the turned corner posts. The upper part of all of the windows, (which are separated from the lower part by timber glazing bars) are highly decorative and have original leaded and stained glass. The return towards the door is also glazed. There are four windows on the upper floors of the north eastern elevation, two per floor aligning across the floors. All are original timber framed sashes divided into 12 panes by timber glazing bars (three wide by four high). There is an original dormer window located centrally at the roof level, this is divided into two parts by a timber mullion, each part consists of a timber framed sash divided into six panes by timber glazing bars. All of these timber window frames are painted white and despite some chips to this paintwork are in a good condition. The windows on the rear elevation were not clearly seen.

The roof is set back slightly from the main façade, behind a rendered parapet. It is mansard and in slate, there is metallic flashing on the angle. There are two, possibly original dormer windows, on the north eastern side and another on the south western. A brick axial stacks is located over the south eastern party wall. The roof of the two story extension on the south western side of the building is flat and was not clearly seen. All roof structures appear to be 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.

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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: #101867 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 4:13PM