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Ivy Place, DEAL, CT14 6BH

This is the view down Portobello Court, seen from Middle Street in Deal. This is part of the Middle Street Deal Conservation Area, which in 1968 was the first Conservation Area in Kent to be designated. Its distinctive character is typified by the central axis of mainly Georgian terraced houses clustered around Middle Street and extending up to High Street or Beach Street. The press gang operated around these streets and smugglers' hiding places are still being found in local houses. The streets once thronged with soldiers, sailors and fishermen. Almost every building was either a pub, a lodging house or a brothel. As it was the boatmen's area, the street was crowded with pilots, net-makers, sail-makers, rope-makers and boatbuilders. Most of the numerous pubs have closed but many of the old inns survive as private houses and bear the original pub names - the Deal Cutter and the Scarborough Cat for example.

A permanently closed shop.

A permanently closed bookshop.

Planning permission has been granted by Dover District Council under application number DOV/16/00931 for the “erection of a single storey rear extension, two front dormer roof extensions and installation of 3 rear roof lights”. A copy of the planning application had been tied to the downpipe to the left of the grey door. This was Image in January 2020.

This is the view down Middle Street in Deal, with Silver Street the next turning on the left. It is all part of the Middle Street Deal Conservation Area, which in 1968 was the first Conservation Area in Kent to be designated. Its distinctive character is typified by the central axis of mainly Georgian terraced houses clustered around Middle Street and extending up to High Street or Beach Street. The press gang operated around these streets and smugglers' hiding places are still being found in local houses. The streets once thronged with soldiers, sailors and fishermen. Almost every building was either a pub, a lodging house or a brothel. As it was the boatmen's area, the street was crowded with pilots, net-makers, sail-makers, rope-makers and boatbuilders. Most of the numerous pubs have closed but many of the old inns survive as private houses and bear the original pub names - the Deal Cutter and the Scarborough Cat for example.

Grade II listed. https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101261597-the-ship-inn-deal

This is the view looking along Middle Street in Deal. The next road on the right is Silver Street and before it, on the left, is the Ship Inn. It is all part of the Middle Street Deal Conservation Area, which in 1968 was the first Conservation Area in Kent to be designated. Its distinctive character is typified by the central axis of mainly Georgian terraced houses clustered around Middle Street and extending up to High Street or Beach Street. The press gang operated around these streets and smugglers' hiding places are still being found in local houses. The streets once thronged with soldiers, sailors and fishermen. Almost every building was either a pub, a lodging house or a brothel. As it was the boatmen's area, the street was crowded with pilots, net-makers, sail-makers, rope-makers and boatbuilders. Most of the numerous pubs have closed but many of the old inns survive as private houses and bear the original pub names - the Deal Cutter and the Scarborough Cat for example. The Ship Inn though survives - see https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7360474

The Ship Inn on Middle Street dates from the late 18th or early 19th centuries and is grade II listed. It has a genuine maritime history, still reflected in many of the artefacts found within; in 1876 it was recorded as taking in survivors from the wreck of the steamship 'Strathclyde' that sank with the loss of 38 lives.