Listed Building record TR 35 NW 476 - THE DUTCH HOUSE

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1667 to 1699 The Dutch House, late 17th c

Location

Grid reference TR 33155 57986 (point)
Map sheet TR35NW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Description from record TR 35 NW 60 :
5275 KING STREET (South-West Side) No 62 (The Dutch House) (TR 33165798) TR 3357 NW 2/110 19.5.50 II* GV 2. L shaped late C17 building, 2 storeys, 2 windows facing the street. Brick painted white. Consisting of 5 bays with 4 brick pilasters between them and a stringcourse above ground floor. The ground floor has had arcading with keystones over the arches in each bay. These only remain intact in the outside bays, of which the south bay contains the original 9-panel door. On the 1st floor of the outer and centre bays are panels of ornamental brickwork. C18 sash windows, glazing bars intact, inserted on the 1st floor of the intervening bays. Below these are 2 modern windows, not in character. Between these in the centre of the ground floor is an C18 doorway with fluted wooden pilasters, pediment and 6-panel fielded door. The west wing behind runs back into a shaped Dutch gable. Nos 60 to 68 (even) King Street form a group. (1) No 62 'Old Dutch House', a distressingly debased piece of late seventeenth century decorative brickwook, decapitated by a new roof, and painted white. Five bays, alternatively narrow and wide, with upper pilasters, blank arches below, and circular panels with raised Ss back to back. (2)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5275 KING STREET STREET (South-West Side)
No 62 (The Dutch House) TR 3357 NW 2/110 19.5.50.
II* GV
2. L shaped late C17 building, 2 storeys, 2 windows facing the street. Brick painted white. Consisting of 5 bays with 4 brick pilasters between them and a stringcourse above ground floor. The ground floor has had arcading with keystones over the arches in each bay. These only remain intact in the outside bays, of which the south bay contains the original 9-panel door. On the 1st floor of the outer and centre bays are panels of ornamental brickwork. C18 sash windows, glazing bars intact, inserted on the 1st floor of the intervening bays. Below these are 2 modem windows, not in character. Between these in the centre of the ground floor is an C18 doorway with fluted wooden pilasters, pediment and 6-panel fielded door. The west wing behind runs back into a shaped Dutch gable.
Nos 60 to 68 (even) King Street form a group.
Listing NGR: TR3315457985 (3)


<1> DOE (HHR) Dist of Dover Kent 1976 77 (OS Card Reference). SKE40272.

<2> The Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1983 452 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50129.

<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Dover Kent 1976 77.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: The Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1983 452 (J Newman).
  • <3> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Apr 20 2023 1:28PM