Forms the far south eastern end of London Road, on its north western side, at the crossroads between London Road, High Street, Bridge Street and Tower Hamlets. Late C19th building constructed as a pub and hotel and has retained this use over the years. It is rendered across all floors, this render is very ornate and decorative in places. The building fronts onto both London Road and Tower Hamlets and south eastern corner of the building is at a slight angle respecting the layout of the crossroads. There are seven openings at the ground floor level, four on the London Road side and three on the Tower Hamlets side, including one within the angled corner, two large box bay windows and two doors. One door is located at the far north western end of the building while to other is located on the southern side of one of the bays fronting onto London Road, this provides access to the commercial ground floor. The areas between all of the openings, as well as the mullions on the box bays, is stuccoed and painted white. There is a moulded and painted (black) cornice at the top of the ground floor. There are three windows at the first and second floor levels on the London Road side, these align across the floors but do not align with any of the ground floor openings. All have moulded architrave surrounds, small iron railings over the sills and the first floor windows also have decorative plasterwork headers. The plaster between each of these windows is panelled. There are two recesses within the plasterwork within the angled corner at the first and second floor level, these are round headed with pilasters on either side and the first floor surround has a decorative central keystone. These were designed for commercial signage but are currently blank. There is a further large box bay window at the first floor level on the Tower Hamlets side of the façade, above one of the ground floor bays. This first floor bay has a decorative and likely original iron balcony, pilasters over the mullions and a moulded plaster cornice above it. The second floor window on this side is flat though aligns and is the same width as the central portion of the bay. A decorative string course is located between the first and second floors, directly below the sills of the second floor windows. A moulded cornice is located at the top of the second floor supported by small scrolled brackets. There is a small parapet above this cornice with coping painted black. Two large and ornate gabled dormers are located above this parapet. One is on the Tower Hamlets side of the façade, aligning with the windows on the floors below, and the other on the London Road side, aligning with the central first and second floor windows on this side. Each has two round headed windows within, three pilasters on either side and between these windows, scrolled coping and a highly ornate header (which includes a large golden eagle). There is some staining and chips to the paintwork on the render as well as a few cracks visible in the render itself. Otherwise this is an attractive and well kept building with a large number of highly decorative original features surviving.

The openings across this façade are a mix of original and later replacements. All of the ground floor openings are likely later insertions though all have timber frames painted black. Most of the windows consist of large single panes though a couple are divided horizontally by a transom in their upper halves. The main ground floor access consists of a large double door in timber painted black with three large panels on each of the doors, the upper two of which are glazed. The other door is in a plain timber painted black. Both have rectangular windows located above the transoms over the doors. The three first floor windows fronting London Road are modern with plastic frames. All of the second floor windows consist of possibly original two pane timber framed sashes. The central portion of the box bay at the first flor has two large glazed doors which open out onto the balcony. There is rectangular window above the transom over these doors. the windows within the dormers are all round headed and consist of likely original timber framed sashes. All of the timber frames are of the windows on the first, second floor and attic levels are painted white, there are a few small chips to this paintwork but otherwise all windows and doors are in a good condition with all panes present and intact.

The roof was not clearly seen from the street level as it is located behind a parapet. The roofs of the dormers are in a machine cut slate and appear to be in a good condition. Two brick stacks are visible over the south eastern party wall both appear to be in a good condition, though have a small amount of vegetation growth attached.

Originally this pub was constructed in the 1840’s but was later re-built in 1863. A drawing in an advert for the pub dating to 1890 and a picture dating to just before 1900 show that the pub only originally had two floors, the second floor and attic level are post 1900 additions.

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