Building record TR 34 SW 2633 - Historic Building 8 Maison Dieu Road, Dover, Kent
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3201 4172 (16m by 16m) |
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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 (cream) basement level, located on the western side Maison Dieu Road. The front door is raised from the street level and accesses via a set of six steps. It is located on the southern side of the façade with a rectangular window located above the transom over the door. There are also narrow rectangular (vertical) windows located on either side of the door, immediately abutting the jambs. There are low rendered and painted (cream) walls on either side of these steps with an iron railing above and low gate piers at both ends. A single window is located at the ground floor level, on the northern side of the door. This consists of a large three light canted bay with rendered pilasters over the mullions and a moulded cornice at its top. A fair amount of vegetation growth is attached to the roof of this bay window. A further bay window is located directly below the ground floor bay, at the basement level. There is a rendered band with moulded string course running along the top of the ground floor; this aligns with the cornice at the top of the bay window. This cornice brakes forward slightly over the door and is supported here by two scrolled brackets. There are two windows at the first floor level, aligning with the door and the central portion of the bay on the ground floor. Both have moulded architraves on the surround and a decorative header above. There is also some staining to the brickwork at the first floor level, as well as vegetation growth attached to the render and the brickwork at the basement and ground floor levels. The eaves overhang the top of the first floor, these are supported by numerous (seven on the main façade) plaster brackets and there is a rendered band located beneath. The eaves also overhang on the southern (side) elevation of this building and the rendered band and brackets continue onto this side as well. There are three gabled dormers located at the roof level, one on the main eastern side of the building, aligning with the northern first floor window and two on the southern side of the roof. The building is set back from the street level and there is a small garden area in front of it separated from the street level from a low modern concrete block wall. This front garden area is overgrown and untidy. Despite some areas of untidiness the building appears to be in a fairly good condition and is structurally sound.
The door is located on the southern side of the façade; it appears to be original and is in timber painted dark green with four rectangular panels. There is a small rectangular window located above the transom over the door. There are also narrow rectangular (vertical) windows on either side of the door, immediately abutting the jambs, the base of these windows align with the base of the upper panels of the door. These two narrow windows and the window above the above the door have timber frames painted white and all appear to be fixed. There is a three light canted bay window at the ground floor level on the northern 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. All of the ground floor sashes have two panes while the central portion of the basement sash is divided into four panes by timber glazing bars. Both the first floor windows are two pane timber framed sashes. All of these timber framed windows are likely original and are painted white. The eastern dormer window is a likely later insertion. It is divided into three panes; the lower two panes are casement while the third upper pane appears to be fixed. This is also timber frames and painted white though the paintwork is in a relatively poor condition. The southern dormers were not clearly seen but appear to be sashes. Despites some untidiness to the eastern dormer 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 northern neighbour though there is a low rendered brick parapet dividing them. There is modern guttering located at the base. 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 northern party wall. Metallic flashing is located at the join between the roof structure and the brick stack. There is a great deal of lichen attached to the slates across the while of the roof, it is particularly bad close to the ridge. 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: #102710 Building, ]
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Protected Status/Designation
- 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 4:46PM