St Margaret's at Cliffe buildings [12]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 12 Sep 2021

Now a private residence, this building in High Street was the former Hope Inn public house. Built in the 18th century and extended in the late 19th century. Constructed of flint and red brick, partly rendered, the extension in painted brick and tile hanging, all under a tile roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1101466 St Margaret’s at Cliffe is a coastal village some 3 miles northeast of Dover. The village is the place in Britain that is nearest to the coast of France, 18 miles distant. The area has been settled since Anglo-Saxon times, and the village became a high class resort in the nineteenth century. The area has always been at the front line of cross Channel conflicts.

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