Listed as a group 288-293 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 of 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 building at a slightly higher level than its south eastern neighbour and is in an exposed brown brick with a rendered and painted (cream) 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. There are possibly original iron railings on either side of these steps. There is a low brick wall in front of the steps on the north western side of the property separating the garden area from that of its north western neighbour. The door is round headed and set within a slight recess in the brickwork 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. The basement, ground and first floor level windows consist of large three light canted bay windows, one on top of another, with rendered mullions. All have protruding sills supported by decorative plaster brackets, there is a decorative central keystone over all of the openings and a moulded cornice over the top of the first floor bay. The second floor window aligns with the central portion of the bay but is flat with a flat gauged brick arch over. A rendered string course is located at the base of the first floor level though this is largely obscured by the large bay. There is a parapet with a stone coping is located over the second floor, two large aerials are attached to the brickwork at the parapet level, with their associated wiring draped untidily at various locations across the facade. A modern plastic gutter down pipe runs through a gap in the brickwork at the parapet level, down the basement level over the north western party wall. Further modern features including metal brackets for hanging baskets on either side of the ground floor door and a security system are also attached to the façade. A low brick wall with modern iron railings above is located between the front garden area and the street level. 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 in timber painted red with six panels. It is round headed with a semi-circular window divided into three triangular panes located above the transom over the door. The basement level door is modern and in timber painted red. The bay windows at the basement, ground and first floor levels all have three openings, each of these openings consists of a timber framed sash, the central part of each is roughly double the width of the two outer and is divided into four large rectangular panes by timber glazing bars while the outer consist of two panes. The second floor window is a possibly original flat timber framed sash divided into 12 small rectangular panes by timber glazing bars. All of the timber frames are painted white and this paintwork is chipped in places. Overall all of the windows and doors are in a good condition with all panes present and in tact.

The roof level was not clearly seen as it is located behind a parapet, it is gabled with the gable ends over the north western and south eastern party walls. A brick stack is located over the north western party wall with a tall aerial attached. (1)

<1> Kent County Council, 2019, Historic building condition asseesment and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre (Unpublished document). SKE52120.