Building record TR 34 SW 2738 - Historic Building 31 London Road, Dover, Kent
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3125 4214 (19m 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
Forms part of a small terrace on the north eastern side of London Road, there is a gap on the terrace on the south eastern side of this building which would have likely originally have been occupied. It is in brick with a modern commercial use of the ground floor. The ground floor is level with the street and retains some possibly later C19th details including the protruding commercial facia at its top. This commercial fascia overhangs the ground floor forming a small open porch. There is metallic flashing and three large modern lights attached to the top of this fascia, illuminating the commercial signage. The area over each of the party walls are clad in possibly original yellow/brown glazed tiles. Two doors are both located on the south eastern side of the façade with a large rectangular window on their north western side. The upper floors are set back from the street and the front of the ground floor. They are in an exposed brick with a small brick parapet with stone coping. There are two windows on both the first and second floors, aligning across the floors, all have rendered flat gauged brick arches over and small protruding sills. There is a small and possibly original, flat roofed dormer located centrally at the roof level, with a metallic surround. A possibly original gutter down pipe runs through a gap at the base of the parapet over the north western party wall. The southern (side) elevation is visible though the vacant southern plot. This is rendered, though the roof level is clad with modern slates. There is a single small window located at the roof level, near the eastern end of the building. A number of gutter down pipes cross this facade these are a mix of modern plastic pipes and possibly original metal pipes. A fair amount of vegetation is attached to these down pipes. The render on this elevation is painted cream and is in a poor condition and flaking away from the façade revealing the brick and flint walling below. This is particularly bad at the ground floor and north eastern end of the building towards the rear of the property. Despite this untidiness on the side elevation the building appears to be structurally sound and in a fairly good condition.
All of the openings at the ground floor level are modern insertions. The southern most of the two doors is in timber painted green, the other door is also in timber but painted a bright yellow. There is a large window on the north western side of these two doors, this is divided in half vertically to form two large square panes. The frames of all these windows and the doors are in a painted (yellow and green) timber. There are four windows located across the first and second floors. These are all original timber framed sashes divided into multiple small rectangular panes by timber glazing bars. The first floor windows are slightly taller than the second floor windows and are divided into 12 panes (three wide by four high) while the second floor windows are divided into nine panes (three wide by three high). There are two windows located at the roof level, these are also possibly original. The flat roofed dormer appears to be casement opening outwards with hinges on both side jambs, and is also divided into multiple panes by timber glazing bars (eight – four within each part of the casement). The other roof level window is located on the side façade, again this is timber framed and divided into multiple panes (Six – three wide by two high) though this appears to be fixed. All window frames on the upper levels are in timber painted green, this paintwork is slightly chipped and flaking away in places. Overall the windows are in a good condition with all panes present and in-tact.
The roof is hipped with concrete tiles. There is a fair amount of lichen growth attached to this roof and there is some bowing towards the centre of the roof structure, suggesting there may be some problems with its structural integrity. There is a brick stack located over the north western party wall. (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: #102824 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 3 London Road (EKE19204)
- Event Boundary: Walkover and photographic survey of Dover Town Centre (EKE19201)
Record last edited
Jun 19 2019 3:49PM