Royal Albion Hotel the Dugout Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1973. A C19 Hotel, public house. 3 related planning applications.
Royal Albion Hotel the Dugout Public House
- WRENN ID
- former-rubble-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1973
- Type
- Hotel, public house
- Address
- Royal Albion Hotel the Dugout Public House, 4, Fort Hill, CT9 1HD
- OS grid reference
- TR 353 711
- Coordinates
- 51.39042, 1.3817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Albion Hotel (No 2) and The Dugout Public House (No 4) are 19th century corner buildings located on Fort Hill. No 2 is a four-storey structure with a basement and attic, constructed of painted brick and topped with a slate roof featuring three round-headed dormers, along with two round-headed and one simple dormer on the King Street elevation. It has three sash windows on the first and second floors set within arcading, and five sash windows on the King Street side. The building also features a 19th century bar front.
No 4, which is mid-19th century, is also four storeys with a basement and attic, finished in stucco and covered by a slate roof with two dormers. It has three sash windows with intact glazing bars set in Italianate architraves, and a three-light curved bow window on the first floor. This building also has a 19th century bar front. Notably, No 4 has a basement that extends under the Classic Theatre and includes No 4 Mansion Street, reputed to be the largest underground public house in Kent.
Nos 2 to 6 (even) are recognized as a group.
Local climate
Royal Albion Hotel the Dugout Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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