Tall, relatively narrow mid C19th building located on the northern side of Castle Street in an exposed brick. The ground floor has a commercial use and retains several possibly C19th shop front details. These include the pilasters over the party walls the timber fascia over the windows and doors and the detailing on the window surrounds. There are two ground floor doors, one at either end of the façade both with small rectangular windows above the transoms. Both are slightly raised from the street level and accesses via three small steps. The rest of the ground floor is occupied with a large – near floor to ceiling height window. a further small rectangular window is located beneath the ground floor window indicating the presence of a basement below this building. The first and second floors are in an exposed brick and there is a single, centrally placed window on each floor. Both windows have painted flat gauged brick arches above. There are two areas, on either side of the first floor window, where the brickwork is a slightly lighter colour. This suggests the former presence of commercial signs which would have been painted directly onto the brickwork. There is a rendered band and moulded cornice situated over a parapet at the top of the second floor. This is in a fairly poor condition with several severe cracks and areas where the render has flaked away. A small central dormer window is partially visible behind this parapet. this has a flat metallic roof and surround. A modern gutter down pipe runs through a small gap in the brickwork at the base of the rendered band down to the basement level over the eastern party wall. Overall despite some small areas of untidiness this building appears to be structurally sound and in a good condition

There are two doors at the ground floor level, one at either end of the façade, one provides access to the ground floor while the other to the upper floors. the eastern of the two doors is in timber painted white with a glazed upper half. The western is in timber painted black and is almost entirely glazed. Both have small rectangular windows above the transoms over the doors. These are in timber frames painted white which appear to be fixed. The area between these two doors at the ground floor level is entirely glazed with a large single fixed pane. There is a small rectangular window illuminating the basement level, located beneath the large ground floor window. There is a single window at the first and second floor levels. The first floor window is likely a later insertion and consists of a large timber framed casement divided into multiple small panes of a variety of sizes. The second floor window is a timber frames sash, the upper part of this sash is possibly original and is divided into three small rectangular panes while the glazing in the lower half has been altered and is divided into three tall rectangular panes. All of the timber frames are painted white. The dormer window appears to be a later plastic insertion. Overall all windows and doors are in a good condition with all panes present and intact.

The roof is mansard and in slate with metallic flashing at the joins between the angles. There is a small central dormer window (discussed above) located centrally within the lower angle of the roof. There are brick stacks located over each of the party wall. Metallic flashing is located at the join between the brick stack and the roof structure. Overall the roof 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.