Former Regimental Institute

TR 3242 DOVER KNIGHT'S ROAD (north side), Dover Castle 685/1/10007 Former Regimental Institute

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Regimental institute, now offices. Dated 1868, probably by G Arnold RE, Clerk of Works; altered c1994. Polygonal rubble, dressings, external and ridge stacks and slate roof. Tudor Gothic Revival style. Single-depth axial plan. EXTERIOR: single-storey; 4:3:3-window range. Central section set forward with roll-top copings to end gables with kneelers and dividing fire walls, first-floor drip, and flat-headed mullion windows with metal casements. Central section has right-hand 2-centre arched doorway with hood stops and boarded door, beneath a 2-centre arched cross window in a small gable, with 3 ground-floor and 2 first-floor windows and a small gable to the left. Right-hand section has central 3-light and flanking 2-light transom windows and a central small gable, and a right-hand return with a low basement doorway with small lights each side, 3-light mullion and transom windows, the first-floor one with cusped heads. Left-hand section has a right-hand 2-centre arched doorway and label mould beneath sunken quatrefoil panel, and 3-light transom windows; the left-hand return has a central external stack, inserted doorway to the front, and rear first-floor cross window. Rear has external stacks to left-hand section, and a short central wing with a cross gable. INTERIOR: has an open well stair from the entrance with metal balusters, and large first-floor room to the right-hand section with an arch-braced roof. HISTORY: in a similar style to the nearby Officers' barracks (qv) by Salvin. Institutes were introduced to provide improving pastimes in barracks and to reduce drinking. Used for education and training at the Castle garrison, and one of the oldest institutes in an English barracks.

Listing NGR: TR3253841699