Large double fronted early to mid C19th building located on the northern side of Castle Street, at its far eastern end at the junction between Castle Street and Ashen Tree Lane. The building is in an exposed brick with a stuccoed ground floor and basement level. This stucco is scored to give the impression of large block construction. The door is located centrally within the façade, there is a rectangular window located above the transom over the door as well as two narrow (vertical) windows immediately abutting the door jambs. There is also a flat rendered hood above the door. The ground floor windows on either side of the door are likely later insertions and consist of three light canted bays with flat roofs and decorative iron railings at their tops. The basement level windows are also three light canted bays and are located directly below the ground floor windows. The south eastern corner of the building is rounded, the ‘Castle Street’ and ‘Ashen Tree Lane’ street signs are located at the first floor level on either side of this rounded corner. There is a further window in this rounded corner on each of the floors. The ground floor level window in this corner is round headed and has a central keystone above it. There are three windows on the first and second floor levels (and a fourth in the rounded corner). Each have painted flat gauged brick arches above and (possibly original) timber shutters and the second floor windows have decorative railings over their sills. A string course is located over the top of the stucco at the ground floor level, this forms a continuous sill to all of the first floor windows. There is a rendered band over a parapet at the top of the second floor, this continues onto the Ashen Tree Lane side of the façade. A metal gutter down pipe runs through a small gap in the brickwork just below this parapet, down to the basement level over the western party wall. The basement area is separated from the street level by a set of possibly original cast iron spear head railings. These railings continue around on either side of the door, The ashen tree lane side of the building is also rendered at the ground floor level and in an exposed brick on the first and second floors. There are three blocked windows located roughly centrally within the façade and aligning across the floors. The ground floor level one would have been round headed while the two on the upper floor have flat gauged brick arches above. Overall this building is well kept with a number of surviving And decorative original features. It appears to be structurally sound and is in a good condition.

The door, which is located on centrally within the façade is likely original and in timber painted black with five moulded panels. There is a rectangular window located above the transom over the door within a fixed frame painted white as well as two narrow rectangular windows on either side of the door jambs, again in fixed timber frames painted white. The two ground floor and basement level windows on either side of the door are all three light canted bays. Each of the three parts of all bays consists of a two pane timber framed sash. There is a third ground floor level window located within the angled corner of the building. This is a round headed timber framed sash divided into multiple panes by timber glazing bars. All of the windows at the first and second floor levels align with the ground floor level openings and consist of timber framed sashes divided into 12 small panes by timber glazing bars. All of the timber window frames are painted white, this paintwork is in a good condition. Overall all windows and the door are in a good condition with all panes present and intact.

The roof level was not clearly seen as it is located behind a parapet. Two stacks are visible from the street level, one over the eastern and western party walls. The eastern is rendered while the western is in an exposed brick. (1)

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