Dover House

THE STRAND 1. 1577 (North Side) No 7 (Dover House) SZ 5992 3/323

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1. Circa 1840/50 villa. Two storeys and semi-basement, coursed rubble with rendered quoins, first floor cornice and frieze below eaves. Recessed entrance bay three storeys of one window to West. Low pitch hipped slate roof with wide eaves. Three windows, recessed, sash, glazing bars intact apart from first floor East and centre ground floor window which has been converted to entrance. All windows have broad rendered surrounds. Enclosed porch to entrance bay with inner Greek Doric columns and outer pilaster flanking, frieze, cornice and blocking course over. First and second floor windows of entrance bay are blind, first floor with architrave surround and pediment on small brakets with shell ornament, consoles to sill. On second floor tripartite round headed lights consoles to sill, backing up into frieze.

North Esplanade front; six windows, one blind, three in two storeyed canted bay, architrave surrounds, no glazing bars. Entrance bay on tower has the tripartite second floor window unblocked this side and the first floor one as well but without the pediment. Three windows have casements. A door gives from one side of canted bay into garden.

Nos 1 to 7 (consec) and Nos 9 to 20 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: SZ5977092706