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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 five appears to be of 19th century date (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information).

Monument Types

• WAREHOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1801 AD? to 2050 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 five is a long rectangular warehouse immediately to the south-west of building four and consists of a yellow stock brick structure (English bond) with a pitched roof of corrugated asbestos sheeting painted red-pink supported on a framework of steel girders. A brick cross wall towards the north-western end of the building sub-divides the structure and creates a small office overlooking the Slip Quay, with a basement store room with a large sliding door opening onto the Quay. The concrete floor of the main part of the building to the south east stood at a higher level than the basement adjacent to the quay and this reflects the natural slope of the ground here. Externally, the north west wall is pierced by a blue wooden sliding door, with a wooden framed window immediately to the north-east. There is another wooden framed window at first floor level relating to the office above. The north east and south-west walls have been largely replaced by steel girders to allow through access to buildings four and six. The south east wall is pierced by a large sliding door, painted blue, with a louvre opening above. The final use of this building was for storage of the Dover Bronze Age boat. (1)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1996, The Dover Harbour Cambridge Road Warehouses: An Historic Building Survey (Unpublished document). SKE12340.

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