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Monument details

Summary

A building assessment was carried out in the warehouses on Cambridge Road in 1996 ahead of proposals to convert them into retail outlets. Building one appears to be of 20th century date (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information).

Monument Types

• WAREHOUSE (Modern to Unknown - 1901 AD?)

Full description

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A building assessment was carried out in the warehouses on Cambridge Road in 1996 ahead of proposals to convert them into retail outlets.

Taken from the source (1996): Building one is situated at the north-east end of the range adjacent to the modern car park and consists of a modern store building of mortared yellow stock brick (strecher bond) with a concrete floor and pitched roof of corrugated asbestos sheeting painted red-pink. It abuts building 2 and appears to be a later addition. The bulk of the north-west wall fronting onto the slip quay is occupied by a large sliding steel door (painted dark blue) with glazed panels above. The north-east wall is pierced by 5 wooden framed windows and a side door, all painted dark blue. The south-east wall fronting Cambridge Road is plain apart from a dark blue painted wooden louvre in the gable. The interior of building 1 contains an upper floor, reached via a stairway located in the east corner of building 2. It is clear that the interior of the entire building was completely gutted and re built in the 1960's/70's. No elements of the building appear to be earlier than the mid 20th century. (1)

Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1996, The Dover Harbour Cambridge Road Warehouses: An Historic Building Survey (Unpublished document). SKE12340.

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