Description

TR 3141 DOVER EFFINGHAM CRESCENT

2/166 Nos 11 to 18 (Consecutive)
including front garden
area walls and gatepiers

GV II

Terrace of 8 houses. Circa mid C19. Stuccoed exposed flint with brick dressings
at rear. Welsh slate roof with gabled ends. Rendered axial stacks over alternate
party walls. Plan: Crescent of 4 pairs of houses, with a convex front, each pair
alternately advanced and recessed slightly. Double depth plans with front doorways
in pairs to right or left of front room. There is a fifth pair to the left
converted into a hotel and not included in the listing. Exterior: 3 storeys,
attics and basement. The crescent has a curved convex front of 4:4:4:4 windows,
each of the 4 window bays alternately advanced or recessed slightly. Moulded stucco
eaves cornice and string course at first floor level. The first floor windows are
in moulded architraves with continuous cill. All original 12-pane sashes except
for No 11 which have been replaced by casements in C20. All the other houses also
have their original 16-pane basement sashes. Paved doorways with stuccoed pilasters
and entablatures with cornices all with C19 panelled doors some partly glazed, and
with rectangular overlights. Small flat-roof dormers, their sashes mostly replaced.
Including stuccoed brick front garden area walls and gatepiers with moulded caps
in front of doorways which have flights of steps up to them with solid stuccoed
balustrades. Some of the sash windows at the rear have been replaced. Interior
not inspected but expected to retain some original features such as joinery
(including staircases), chimneypieces and plasterwork.

Listing NGR: TR3159041661

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26324114

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