Large double fronted early to mid C19th building located on the northern side of Castle Street at the junction between Castle Street and Maison Dieu Road. 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, within a slight recess in the render and there is a semi-circular window located above the transom over the door. There is a small flat hood creating a covered porch area over the door, this is attached to the side of the windows on both sides of the door. The ground floor windows on either side of the door are likely later insertions and consist of large box bays with flat roofs and moulded cornices. There is a small amount of vegetation growth attached to the roofs of these bays. The western of the two bays has a severe crack near its base suggesting that there are some problems with its structural stability. There are two basement level windows, these align with the bays on the floor above but are not as wide. The south western corner of the building is rounded and 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 is set within a slight recess in the render. There are three windows on the first and second floor levels (and a fourth in the rounded corner). The central, which aligns with the door at the ground floor level, consists of a narrow three light canted bay in timber, this is likely a later insertion. All of the others are flat and have painted flat gauged brick arches above. The second floor window within the rounded corner has been blocked with brick. 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 and moulded cornice over a parapet at the top of the second floor, this continues onto the Maison Dieu Road 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 on the western side of the narrow central bay. The basement area is separated from the street level by a set of possibly original cast iron spear head railings on the eastern side of the façade and a low wall on the western. There is a small untidy and overgrown garden area in front of the basement on the western side of the building. The Maison Dieu Road side of the building is also rendered at the ground floor level and in an exposed brick on the first and second floors. The ground floor render has a few large cracks and the paintwork over it is discoloured and stained in places. There are several openings, including a ground floor door within a recess at the far northern end of this side, as well as another narrow canted bay centrally at the first floor level. Several modern features are attached to the both sides of the façade at various locations, including a large satellite dish and a number of large lights at the top of the ground floor with untidy associated wiring. Overall there are several areas of untidiness where improvements could be made to this building.

The door, which is located on centrally within the façade is modern and in timber painted black with five moulded panels. There is semi-circular located above the transom over the door within a fixed frame painted black. The ground floor level windows on either side of the door are both large box bays, both of which are likely later insertions. Each is divided vertically by timber mullions into six narrow parts, each of these parts are divided horizontally by timber transoms. The horizontal divides align with the top of the door. All of the frames are painted white and appear to be fixed. The basement level windows located below these ground floor bays were not clearly seen but appear to be timber framed sashes. The third ground floor level window, within the rounded corner, is a round headed timber framed sash divided into four panes by a timber glazing bats. The central canted bay ay the first and second floor level has a very narrow timber framed sash in each of its parts. The narrow bay on the western façade is the same. All of the other windows are flat and consist of two pane timber framed sashes. All of the timber frames are painted white, this paintwork is slightly chipped in some locations. There are some problems with the structural stability of one of the bays (discussed above) aside from this all windows are in a good condition with all panes present and intact. (1)

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