Building record TR 34 SW 2445 - Historic Building 269 London Road/Erith Place, Dover, Kent
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3108 4226 (13m by 11m) |
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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 269-270 which 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 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 whole build is slightly advanced from its north western neighbour though is flush with its south eastern. The building is in an exposed brown brick with a rendered and painted basement level. The door is located on the north western side of the façade, immediately abutting the north western party wall; it is raised from the street level and accessed via a set of six steps. The door is round headed and there is a semi-circular window located above the transom over the door. A further door is located beneath the steps up to the ground floor level, providing separate access to the basement level. A rendered brick wall is located on the northern side of the steps up to the door, separating the front garden area of this property from its north western neighbour and leading to a tall rendered gate pier at the street level. A possibly original painted iron railing is located on the southern side of the steps. There is a single window on the basement, ground, first and second floor levels, all aligning across the floors and located centrally within the façade. The ground and first floor level windows consist of large three light canted bays. The basement and second floor windows are flat and the second floor window has a rendered flat gauged brick arch above and a small protruding sill. A brick parapet is located over the second floor with stone coping. A possibly original gutter down pipe runs through a gap in the brickwork at the parapet level, down the basement level over the south eastern party wall with a decorative metallic hopper at the top. 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 timber painted light green with four panels, the upper two of which are glazed. It is round headed with a semi circular window located above the transom over the door; this window is likely later and consists of a single fixed pane. The basement level door is modern and in treated timber with a glazed upper half. Each of the three openings within the ground and first floor bays are timber framed sashes, the central parts of each is approximately double the width of the outer two and divided into four panes by timber glazing bars. The mullions separating each of the three openings are painted light green to match the door. The second floor level window is also a timber framed sash divided into four panes. All of these timber framed sashes appear to be later insertions. The basement level window has a plastic frame. Overall the windows are in a good condition.
The roof level was not seen from the street as it is located behind a parapet. (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: #101961 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