Category Archives: Buildings
Granada / ABC Cinema Castle Street
August 2014 and the once grand and prototype Granada Cinema in Castle Street was demolished. Interestingly, a similar art deco building in Tooting has the grade I listing while one in Walthamstow has grade II and both have been returned to their former glory. … Continue reading
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Dr William Sankey – Camden Crescent and St Mary’s Church
Dr William Sankey, in the Dover history books, is correctly credited with the building, the style and the quality of the houses of Camden Crescent. He also suggested that the crescent should be named after the Marquis of Camden, then … Continue reading
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Bob Tant, Charles Lister Court and Dover’s Honorary Freemanship
In living memory, there was a fine old Tudor house at the corner of St. Radigunds Road and London Road, Dover, called Grove House. Built in 1560 it had a panelled room and on one wall, near the ceiling, one … Continue reading
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The Dover Historian 