Category Archives: Local Government
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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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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Biggin Hall
Biggin Hall, as we now call it, was built in 1881 of knapped flints pressed into the mortar to match the then Police Station opposite, which was built at the same time. The intention for Biggin Hall was office accommodation … Continue reading
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The Dover Historian 