Building record TR 34 SW 2429 - Historic Building 93 High Street, Dover, Kent

Summary

93 High Street early C19th building located on the south western side of the road. The building has a domestic use and is currently (2019) in a fair - poor condition (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3136 4193 (12m by 10m)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

Forms part of a C19th terrace on the south western side of High Street. This building is in a brown brick with a rendered basement level. The ground floor is at a higher level than the street and the front door, which is located on the north western side of the façade is accessed via a set of five steps with an iron balustrade located on the south eastern side of these steps and a rendered brick wall on the north western. Both the render on this wall and at the basement level is in a fairly poor condition with lots of dirt and cracks and areas where the paintwork has flaked away. The door has an original and decorative semi-circular fanlight located above the transom over the door and a corresponding brick arch above. A further door is located beneath the steps up to the ground floor providing separate access to the basement level. There are six windows located on the main façade, all are original. There is a single window at both the basement and level and ground floor levels on the south eastern side of the door. The first and second floors both have two windows. All, apart from the basement window have flat gauged brick arches over and small protruding sills. The basement level window has a segmental arch above. There is a rendered string course at the base of the first floor, this forms a continuous sill to both of the first floor windows. Alongside these windows, a small flat roofed dormer is located centrally at the roof level, though this was not clearly seen. A moulded eaves level cornice is located at the top of the second floor with a parapet with stone coping above. Both the cornice and the parapet are painted (cream) and are in a poor condition with the plasterwork and paint flaking away and large areas of vegetation growth. A possibly original gutter down pipe runs through a small gap in the brickwork just below this eaves cornice. This runs down to the basement level over the south eastern party wall. There is some untidy wiring attached to the façade, below the string course at the base of the first floor, possibly associated with an aerial located at the roof level. A low brick wall with possibly original iron area railings above separates the small front garden area from the street level. Overall this building is fairly untidy, with some of the surviving original features in a poor condition. Despite this it appears to be structurally sound and in a fair- good condition.

The ground floor possibly original and in timber painted black with six panels. There is an original and decorative semi-circular window located above the transom over this door. A second door is located below the steps up to this door, this was not clearly seen but looks to be modern. There are six windows located across the façade and a small flat roofed dormer located centrally at the roof level, this was not clearly seen but appears to be timber framed and divided into 6 panes by timber glazing bars. All windows are original timber framed sashes divided into multiple panes by timber glazing bars. Both the ground floor and basement level windows are four panes wide, though the ground floor is slightly taller being four high while the basement is only three. The first and second floor windows are taller and narrower than the windows below; the first floor windows are divided into 16 panes (three wide by five high) while the second floor windows are not as tall and are divided into 12 (three wide by four high). All timber frames are painted white, this paintwork is in a poor condition and flaking away from the timber frames in multiple locations. There are numerous cracke, broken and missing panes and overall the windows are in a poor condition.

The roof level was not clearly seen as it is located behind a parapet. It is slate and gabled with the gable ends over the south eastern and north western party walls. There is an axial brick stack located over south eastern party wall. A small flat roofed dormer is located centrally within it, though this was not clearly seen. (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: #101945 Building, ]

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town - Area 3 London Road (EKE19204)

Record last edited

Jun 19 2019 1:08PM