Restoration specialist requests from Dover & Deal
Deal's old town is packed with Georgian and earlier houses, Sandwich keeps a medieval street pattern with many timber-framed buildings, and Dover and Walmer have Regency and Victorian terraces. Send your project and we'll pass it to restoration specialists covering CT13 to CT17.
- Deal's old town is a conservation area with many listed houses close to the shingle beach.
- Sandwich has many timber-framed houses, often with later brick fronts and Flemish-style details.
- Exposed homes around St Margaret's at Cliffe and Walmer face strong Channel winds that wear paint and joinery.
Narrow streets and listed houses in Deal's old town
Deal's old town is a tight grid of narrow streets lined with Georgian and earlier houses, many of them listed and almost all within a conservation area. Typical restoration jobs include repairing sash windows and front doors, renewing lime pointing and render, and fixing weather damage to houses near the beach. Salt and wind dry out paint and putty quickly, so a regular maintenance cycle helps. Parking is very limited and scaffolding in the narrow streets may need a licence, so ask whoever quotes how they'll manage deliveries and access. Speak to Dover District Council before any work that changes the outside or the historic fabric of a listed house.
Medieval timber frames and later fronts in Sandwich
Sandwich has kept much of its medieval street layout, and many houses have timber frames behind brick fronts added in later centuries, some with shaped gables and other Flemish-style details. That layering means repairs need a careful survey first, to understand how the front is tied to the frame and where water may be getting in. Common jobs include repairing decayed timbers, replacing cement pointing and render with lime, and restoring doors and windows. Parts of Sandwich are low-lying and near the River Stour, so damp at the base of walls is common and ground levels matter. Check with Dover District Council before altering historic fabric, inside or out.
Towns and villages covered
Postcodes: CT13, CT14, CT15, CT16, CT17