The site of Centurion House, Bench Street
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The photograph on this page of The site of Centurion House, Bench Street by John Baker as part of the Geograph project.
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The site of Centurion House, Bench Street
Image: © John Baker Taken: 26 Dec 2014
Compared with Image taken at the start of October, the building has been reduced to a heap of rubble with a contractor’s bulldozer perched on top. Centurion House once housed Dover Indoor Markets. Planning permission has been granted by Dover District Council under application number DOV/14/00554 for the “demolition of building (Centurion House) and redevelopment to provide pay and display carpark (56 car parking bays) and café kiosk (A5), associated seating area including boundary fencing/walling, tree planting/landscaping, lighting and ‘tromp l’oiel’ art display barrier/screening”.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.12407
Longitude
1.313897