Building record TR 34 SW 2442 - Historic Building 266 London Road/Erith Place, Dover, Kent
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3108 4227 (9m by 8m) |
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Map sheet | TR34SW |
County | KENT |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Full Description
Listed as a group 265-268 which are the same build and share a number of architectural features. It is located on a quiet street (Erith Place) that runs parallel to and is at a higher level than the busy London Road. There is a possibly original iron railing separating this raised street from London Road below.
Forms part a terrace of early C19th brown brick buildings located on the south western side of London Road/Erith Place. Erith Place is a quiet road which runs parallel and is raised from London Road on its south western side. The brickwork of this building is not continuous with either of its neighbours suggesting that they are not of the same build. The door is located on the north western side of the façade, immediately abutting the north western party wall; it is slightly raised from the street level and accessed via a set of three steps. The door is round headed and there is a semi-circular window located above the transom over the door. There is a single window on the ground, first and second floor levels, all aligning across the floors and located centrally within the façade. All have rendered flat gauged brick arches above and small protruding sills. A further window is located at the basement level, this also has a rendered flat gauged brick arch over but does not align with the windows on the upper floors and is located just off centre within the façade. A brick parapet is located over the second floor with stone coping. The faint remains of two painted signs are located on the brickwork on either side of the first floor windows, indicating a possible former commercial use of this building. Two gutter down pipes run through gaps in the brickwork at the parapet level, the northern is modern but the southern may be original with a decorative metallic hopper. There is a fair amount of vegetation growth within the hopper at the top of this southern down pipe. A number of modern features are attached to the façade at including an aerial with its associated wiring crossing the façade. Overall the building appears to be structurally sound and is in a good condition.
The ground floor door, which is located on the north western side of the façade, is modern and in a treated timber painted black with six decorative glazed panels. It is round headed with a semi circular window located above the transom over the door. This window is possibly original and is divided into three triangular panes by timber glazing bars. All other windows are later plastic insertions. All windows and the door are in a good condition with all panes present and in tact.
The roof level was not seen from the street as it is located behind a parapet. There is a brick stack located over the north western party wall with an aerial attached. (1)
<1> Kent County Council, 2019, Historic building condition asseesment and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre (Unpublished document). SKE52120.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1>XY SKE52120 Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 2019. Historic building condition asseesment and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre. [Mapped feature: #101958 Building, ]
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Related Events/Activities (2)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town - Area 3 London Road (EKE19204)
- Event Boundary: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre (EKE19201)
Record last edited
Jun 19 2019 4:18PM