Building record TR 34 SW 2718 - Historic Building 4 London Road, Dover, Kent

Summary

4 London Road, late C19th building located on the north eastern side of London Road.It has a commercial and domestic use and is currently (2019) in a good condition (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3133 4202 (20m by 17m)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

Forms part of a late C19th/early C20th terrace on the north eastern side of London Road. The whole build is recessed from its southern neighbour and possibly of a slightly later date but is flush with its northern, which is of the same build. The ground floor has a commercial use and retains many of the original shop front details including: the fluted pilasters and consoles over the party walls, the window and door surrounds the fascia and the moulded cornice which runs across the top of the ground floor. All these features are painted red to match the commercial signage. There are two doors, one is located on the far south eastern end of the façade, abutting the south eastern party wall and providing access to the upper floors, the other is located centrally within the façade and provides access to the commercial ground floor, there are windows on both sides of this central door as well as square windows above the transoms of both doors. A small area beneath the windows is covered with modern tiles. The upper stories are in an exposed red brick with seven windows. At the first floor level on the south eastern side of the façade there is a large canted oriel bay window divided into three parts by timber mullions and with a semi-circular pediment over the central section. The six other windows are grouped in three pairs, one pair at the first floor level and two at the second floor, aligning with the first floor windows. The pair of windows at the first floor level have a gauged flat brick arch over, while the tops of the second floor windows rest directly beneath the roof level, and all flat windows have small protruding sills. There is an eaves cornice in brick directly beneath the roof level with breaks for the windows, this continues onto the north western neighbour. There are two fairly large gabled dormers at the roof level, aligning with the windows on the floors below. The northern has a semi-circular pediment over and the southern a triangular pediment. There is a modern gutter at the base of the roof with a gutter down pipe running from this over the north western party wall down to the pavement level. There is a fair amount of vegetation growth within this gutter. Some of the brickwork across the façade is slightly weathered and there are a number of modern features attached to it including a large quantity of untidy wiring located just above the cornice over the ground floor. Despite some areas of untidiness, the building is structurally sound and in a good condition with many surviving original features, particularly at the ground floor level.

The ground floor is almost entirely glazed for a commercial use. There are two doors, one is located just off centre and provides access to the ground floor, this is in timber painted red with a two large panels, the upper of which is glazed. The other door is located at the far south western end of the façade and provides access to the upper floors, this is also in timber painted red. Both doors are likely modern, and both have square windows above the transoms. There are two windows on either side of the ground floor door. Two tall narrow panes and two much larger panes all have their likely original timber frames which are painted red. The seven windows on the upper floors and the two dormers at the roof level are all later plastic insertions. All windows are in a good condition with all panes present and intact.

The roof is steeply pitched and gabled, in slate with the gable ends over the northern and southern party walls. There are decorative ceramic ridge tiles. There are two tall red brick stacks located at the apex of the roof over both party walls. Two large gabled dormers align with the windows on the floors below. There is some vegetation growth in the gutter at the base of the roof but otherwise the roof is in a good condition with no slipped slates or bowing. (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 Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 2019. Historic building condition asseesment and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre. [Mapped feature: #102804 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 3 London Road (EKE19204)
  • Event Boundary: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre (EKE19201)

Record last edited

Jun 19 2019 1:51PM