Building record TR 34 SW 2632 - Historic Building 7 Maison Dieu Road, Dover, Kent
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3202 4171 (14m by 14m) |
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Map sheet | TR34SW |
County | KENT |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Full Description
Victorian semi-detached building in a yellow brick with a rendered and painted (white) basement level, located on the western side Maison Dieu Road. The front door is located on the northern side of the façade with a rectangular window located above the transom over the door. It is raised from the street level and accessed via a set of six steps. There are low rendered and painted (white) walls on either side of these steps. A single window is located at the ground floor level, on the southern side of the door. This consists of a large three light canted bay with rendered mullions. There is a further bay located directly below the ground floor bay, at the basement level. There is a rendered and moulded string course running along the top of the ground floor, this aligns with the top of the bay window. This string course brakes forward slightly over the door and is supported here by two scrolled brackets. There are two windows at the first floor level, the northern aligns with the door while the southern is another three light canted bay, though this appears to be a later C20th addition. The northern window has a moulded architrave on the surround and a decorative header above. The eaves overhang the top of the first floor, these are supported by numerous (six on the main façade) plaster brackets and there is a rendered band located beneath. The eaves also overhang on the northern (side) elevation of this building and the rendered band and brackets continue onto this side also. There are three gabled dormers located at the roof level, one on the main eastern side of the building and two on the northern side. The dormer on the eastern side has been recently extended meaning that there is a break in the eaves to accommodate this larger window. A quantity of wiring is attached to the façade to the façade at various locations, mainly it is grouped untidily over the string course near the southern party wall. It is unclear as to what much of this wiring is associated with and some may be redundant. A modern gutter down pipe runs from the eaves level down to the basement level over the southern party wall. The building is set back from the street level and there is a small garden in front of it, an original Victorian and decorative tiled path leads from the street level to the steps up to the ground floor door. There is some damage to these tiles. Overall the building appears to be structurally sound and in a good condition.
The door is located on the northern side of the façade; it appears to be original and is in timber painted grey with four rectangular panels and a decorative central knocker. There is a small rectangular window located above the transom over the door, this has a timber frame painted white and appears to be fixed. There is a three light canted bay window at the ground floor level on the southern side of this door. The central portion of the bay is wider than the two outer. A further three light canted bay is located directly beneath the ground floor bay at the basement level. Each part of both bays consists of a timber framed sash, the outer sashes each have two panes while the central are divided into four by timber glazing bars. The northern first floor windows is a two pane timber framed sashes. All of these timber framed windows are likely original and are painted white. The southern firs floor window is a three light canted bay, located directly above the ground floor and basement level bays. This first floor bay is a later insertion with a timber frame. Each part of the bay is horizontally into two sections, the upper portion, which is slightly smaller than the lower are awning while the lower appear to be fixed. The three dormer windows are modern plastic insertions. All windows and the door are in a good condition with all panes present and in tact.
The roof is hipped in slate and overhangs the façade. The roof structure is shared with the southern neighbour though there is a low rendered brick parapet dividing them. There is modern guttering located at the base. There is a fair amount of moss and lichen growth attached to the roof, particularly on the ridge. There are three (visible) gabled dormers (discussed above) the roofs of each of these are also in slate. There is a single stack in an exposed brick located at the ridge over the southern party wall. Overall the roof structure appears to be in a good condition with no obvious signs of bowing or slipped slates. (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: #102709 Building, ]
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- None recorded
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Related Events/Activities (2)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town - Area 4 Castle Street (EKE19205)
- Event Boundary: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre (EKE19201)
Record last edited
Jun 19 2019 4:45PM