Listed Building record TR 34 SW 697 - 1-30 WATERLOO CRESCENT, DOVER

Summary

Grade II listed building consisting of 29 individual dwellings in three sections, the centre one containing 19 houses, the outside ones 5 houses each. Main construction periods 1834 to 1838. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3202 4107 (163m by 247m) (4 map features)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
WATERLOO CRESCENT Nos 1 to 30 (consec), GII Listed Building. Built in 1834-8 by Philip Hardwick. 3 sections, the centre one containing 19 houses, the outside ones 5 houses each. 5 storeys and basement with area. 3 windows to each house. Stuccoed with rusticated ground floor. Round-headed windows on the ground floor and round-headed doorways. Continuous iron balconies on the 1st floor supported on thin iron columns from the ground floor and with continuous hood over. (This balcony has been replaced by a glazed veranda with balcony over it on No 16). The end houses of each section have curved fronts. These end houses and the 9 centre houses of the main section have Corinthian pilasters from the 1st to 2nd floor supporting tile entablature (which is continued along the houses without pilasters) and above this a stucco-fronted 3rd floor with round-headed windows, plain pilasters between them, cornice and parapet above with mansarded roof containing the attic storey. The other houses have no stucco above the entablature, but 2 storeys arranged in a double mansard, the upper one set back and both fronted with slates, most glazing bars missing. Entrances at the rear. Nos 1 to 30 (consec) Waterloo Crescent form a group.
Listing NGR: TR3207341174 (1)


Discussion of the crescent in relation to the Dover Western Docks Revival Scheme (2)

The GIS polygon associated with this record does not represent the full extent or curtilage of the listed building but merely defines the outline of the building. For further information on the extent of the listed building please contact Dover District Council.


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Maritime Archaeology, 2008, Dover Terminal 2 EIA: Historic Environment Baseline Report Volume 1 (Unpublished document). SKE31717.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Maritime Archaeology. 2008. Dover Terminal 2 EIA: Historic Environment Baseline Report Volume 1.

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Record last edited

Oct 31 2017 3:52PM