(Click this Charles Dickens at Camden Crescent text link to see the largest size)
The photo was taken from Marine Parade on the seafront promenade above the beach of Dover Harbour.
Camden Crescent is now a Listed Building and runs from the Indian Mutiny War Memorial in New Bridge (the buildings behind the tree on the left) to Wellesley Road (by the Gateway Flats, out-of-shot to the right).
The following extract is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under the terms of the Click-Use Licence (PSI licence number C2010002016) (4):
Originally a complete crescent similar to Waterloo Crescent, but the other houses have been demolished.
Built in 1840. 4 storeys and basement with area. Yellow brick, the ground floor stuccoed and rusticated.
Parapet above 3rd floor, cornice above 2nd floor, stuccoed stringcourse above lst floor. Continuous iron balcony with hood on the 1st floor.
No 1 has a curved front. 3 windows to each house with restored glazing bars.
The full "Listed Building" entry for Victorian - or Georgian - Camden Crescent is appended below.
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