Building record TR 34 SW 2432 - Historic Building 97 High Street, Dover, Kent

Summary

97 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 good condition (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3135 4194 (10m by 9m)
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 seven steps with an iron balustrade on either side of them, this is a later addition. The door has an original and decorative semi-circular fanlight located above the transom 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 four windows located on the main façade aligning across all floors. All have flat gauged brick arches over and small protruding sills. 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 in a poor condition with the plasterwork flaking away and large areas of vegetation growth. A modern plastic gutter down pipe runs through a gap in the brickwork just below this cornice, it continues down to the basement level over the north western party wall. Overall this building is slightly 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 is likely modern and in timber painted black with four large rectangular panels. There is an original and decorative semi-circular fanlight 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 four windows located across the façade, one per floor aligning across the floors. All appear to be original timber framed sashes divided into multiple panes by timber glazing bars. Each is divided into 12 rectangular panes; three wide by four high. The timber frames on all are painted white, the paintwork is chipped and flaking away in several locations. Otherwise the windows are in a good condition with all panes present and intact.

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. (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: #101947 Building, ]

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Record last edited

Apr 26 2019 11:16AM