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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 717
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:UNITARIAN CHURCH AND VESTRY ADJOINING, DOVER

Summary

Grade II listed church and attached vestry off Adrian Street/Chapel Lane, Dover. Dates to 1819 (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TR 31893 41284
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1819 AD to 1819 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1343832: UNITARIAN CHURCH AND VESTRY ADJOINING

Full description

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Unitarian Church and Vestry adjoining, Adrian Street, Dover; GII Listed Building. Dated 1819. Architect Thomas Read. An irregular octagon in shape. 2 storeys yellow brick with 4 brick pilasters, Slate roof and wide bracket cornice. The front elevation has a pediment set in brick arcading with a round window in its tympanum, 1 large Venetian window under tile pediment and the other windows are round-headed sashes. Single round-headed doorcase approached up a flight of steps having a cast iron handrail. Adjoining to the north side is a building of 2 storeys and 1 window which contains the Vestry. (1)

The church is shown in this location on historic maps dating to the last decades of the 19th and early 20th century. (2-6)

The GIS polygon associated with this record does not represent the full extent or curtilage of the listed building but merely defines the outline of the building. For further information on the extent of the listed building please contact Dover District Council.


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> C. E. Goad, 1905, Kent Fire insurance plans sheets 1-7 (Map). SKE51666.

<3> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

<4> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

<5> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

<6> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2>Map: C. E. Goad. 1905. Kent Fire insurance plans sheets 1-7.
<3>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1.
<4>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
<5>Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3.
<6>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4.