Building record TR 34 SW 2373 - Historic Building 11 High Street, Dover, Kent

Summary

11 High Street, Likely Mid C19th building 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 4172 (14m by 15m)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

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 north western neighbour but flush with its south eastern. There is an original gutter down pipe located between these two buildings with a lot of vegetation growth attached to it. The shop front of this building covers the whole of the ground floor on the north eastern facade. It is heavily inserted for a modern commercial use though retains some C19th features. These include fluted pilasters and consoles over the party walls and the cornice at the top of the ground floor. There are two doors, one giving access to the ground floor and another door providing access to the upper floors. The ground floor door is located just off centre while the other immediately abuts the south eastern party wall. The areas on either side of the ground floor door is glazed and there are small brick stall risers below these windows. 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 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, the paintwork on these is badly chipped and discoloured and there is some untidy wiring located over it. There is a slight parapet above the second floor windows, this is rendered and painted. The south western (rear) elevation was not clearly seen but is in a brick rubble with coursed brick dressings. Despite some untidiness, the building is in a good condition and structurally sound.

There are two doors, one, located immediately abutting the south western party wall provides access to the upper floors while the other located just off centre to the ground floor. Both doors are modern and have, windows located over the transoms. There are two further windows at the ground floor level, one on either side of the ground floor door, the north western is slightly larger than the south eastern and both are modern. 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, the paintwork on the dormer is chipped but otherwise all 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 north western party wall. The roof structure appears 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: #101868 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