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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1431 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Former site of Council House street, Dover |
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Summary
The former site of Council House Street is apparent on early and later post medieval mapping on the eastern side of 'Paradise Pent' within Dover’s historic pier district. (location accurate to the nearest 50m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 3169 4037 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROAD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1641 AD? to 1950 AD?)
Full description
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The former site of Council House Street is apparent on early post medieval mapping on the eastern side on 'Paradise Pent'. This would have been one of the main thoroughfares in Dover’s historic Pier District (which has today been mostly demolished and absorbed within the harbour works). William Eldred's plans of this area, dating to 1631 (1) and 1641 (sheet 7/8), shows the street (on the latter labelled 'Councell Hous Strete') bounded on both sides by buildings and curving around the north eastern side of 'Paradise Pent' (which was infilled in the later post medieval period). (2)
Further historic cartographic sources which depict the location of this street include that by Foquet dating to 1737 (3) Hogben dating to 1769 (4)
The exact date of the construction and demolition of this street and its associated buildings is unknown but the southern half of the street is not present on mapping dating to the second half of the 20th century.
<1> William Eldred (?), 1631, Plan of lands belonging to the Priory and now to Master Buffkyn (Map). SKE31988.
<2> William Eldred, 1641, The Platt of Dover Castle Towne and Harbor (Map). SKE31804.
<3> J. Foquet, 1737, Plan of the town, harbour and fortifications of Dover (Map). SKE31991.
<4> Thomas and Henry Hogben, 1769, The topography and Mensuration of Dover Pier, Harbour, Houses and Lands from DHB (Map). SKE31992.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: William Eldred (?). 1631. Plan of lands belonging to the Priory and now to Master Buffkyn. Unknown. Unknown. |
| <2> | Map: William Eldred. 1641. The Platt of Dover Castle Towne and Harbor. |
| <3> | Map: J. Foquet. 1737. Plan of the town, harbour and fortifications of Dover. Unknown. 1:2400. |
| <4> | Map: Thomas and Henry Hogben. 1769. The topography and Mensuration of Dover Pier, Harbour, Houses and Lands from DHB. |
