The School Hall Dover College

The School Hall at Dover College, originally the refectory of St Martin's Priory, dates back to around 1139. The priory was refounded by Archbishop Corbeuil in 1131. The building was converted into a school hall after 1868 by architect G E Street. It is constructed of flint with horizontal bands of Caen stone, measuring 100 feet in length. The roof has been re-tiled.

The structure is two storeys high and features eight round-headed windows on the south side, which are separated by pilaster buttresses. Inside, the windows have shafts and alternate with blank arches. The eaves corbels have been renewed, but at the east end, the gable rises from stones carved with worn symbols of the Evangelists. The east wall includes the springing of a tunnel-vaulted passage.

Internally, there are many shaft capitals, some of which were replaced in the 13th century and are not scalloped or voluted. Four east arch capitals are decorated with rich foliage and heads. A medieval wall painting of the Last Supper, though much worn, spans the full width of the east wall. Additionally, a better-preserved fresco of an unidentified subject has been reported beneath the wall painting.