Library Dover College is a Grade II* listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1949. A Medieval Library. 3 related planning applications.

Library Dover College

WRENN ID
sacred-terrace-scarlet
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Constituency
Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 June 1949
Type
Library
Period
Medieval
Address
Library Dover College, Effingham Crescent, CT17 9RH
OS grid reference
TR 314 415
Coordinates
51.12625, 1.30675
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Library at Dover College, originally the gatehouse of St Martin's Priory, is a Grade II* listed building dating back to the 14th century. It was restored by G.E. Street in 1880. The priory was refounded by Archbishop Corbeuil in 1131.

The building is constructed of flint with stone dressings and features a renewed hipped tiled roof. It has two storeys, with the western part being lower, and includes three windows. Most windows are traceried, except for the western section, which has a 19th-century triple window that is round-headed on the first floor. There is drip moulding above two of the windows, and a central pointed arch with an external chimney stack to the left.

Local climate

Library Dover College receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
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