Former Regimental Institute
FORMER REGIMENTAL INSTITUTE, KNIGHTS ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375600
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Former Regimental Institute
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER REGIMENTAL INSTITUTE, KNIGHTS ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375600
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Former Regimental Institute
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER REGIMENTAL INSTITUTE, KNIGHTS ROAD
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Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER REGIMENTAL INSTITUTE, KNIGHTS ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Dover (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dover
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 32538 41699
Details
TR 3242 DOVER KNIGHT'S ROAD
(north side), Dover Castle
685/1/10007
Former Regimental Institute
II
Regimental institute, now offices. Dated 1868, probably by G Arnold RE, Clerk of Works; altered c1994. Polygonal rubble, dressings, external and ridge stacks and slate roof. Tudor Gothic Revival style. Single-depth axial plan. EXTERIOR: single-storey; 4:3:3-window range. Central section set forward with roll-top copings to end gables with kneelers and dividing fire walls, first-floor drip, and flat-headed mullion windows with metal casements. Central section has right-hand 2-centre arched doorway with hood stops and boarded door, beneath a 2-centre arched cross window in a small gable, with 3 ground-floor and 2 first-floor windows and a small gable to the left. Right-hand section has central 3-light and flanking 2-light transom windows and a central small gable, and a right-hand return with a low basement doorway with small lights each side, 3-light mullion and transom windows, the first-floor one with cusped heads. Left-hand section has a right-hand 2-centre arched doorway and label mould beneath sunken quatrefoil panel, and 3-light transom windows; the left-hand return has a central external stack, inserted doorway to the front, and rear first-floor cross window. Rear has external stacks to left-hand section, and a short central wing with a cross gable. INTERIOR: has an open well stair from the entrance with metal balusters, and large first-floor room to the right-hand section with an arch-braced roof. HISTORY: in a similar style to the nearby Officers' barracks (qv) by Salvin. Institutes were introduced to provide improving pastimes in barracks and to reduce drinking. Used for education and training at the Castle garrison, and one of the oldest institutes in an English barracks.
Listing NGR: TR3253841699
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469564
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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