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8, High Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Canterbury, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2791 / 51°16'44"N

Longitude: 1.0801 / 1°4'48"E

OS Eastings: 614908

OS Northings: 157836

OS Grid: TR149578

Mapcode National: GBR TY2.PW7

Mapcode Global: VHLGM.N3VR

Plus Code: 9F3373HJ+J2

Entry Name: 8, High Street

Listing Date: 28 March 1978

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1258219

English Heritage Legacy ID: 444580

ID on this website: 101258219

Location: Canterbury, Kent, CT1

County: Kent

District: Canterbury

Electoral Ward/Division: Westgate

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Canterbury

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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Description


1.
944 HIGH STREET
(North East Side)

No 8
TR 1457 NE 4/751

II


2.
Late C14, C18 and circa 1870. This is included for its late C14 timber-framed
core. The front elevation is part of a. tgrrace built soon after a fire of
1865, which is not in itself listable. High Street facade of 4 storeys cement
rendered. Bracket eaves cornice and pilasters. 3 sashes cornice and
brackets to 2nd floor windows and round-headed arches with keystones to 1st
floor. Later shopfront. Behind this is the framing of a late C14 3 storeyed
double-jettied house with cellar containing niche below. This was of 3 bays,
set endwise to the street and the hall was probably in the middle bay most of
the framing remains, together with bronze Cl7 posts. The rear elevation is of
3 storeys and was altered in the C18, the ground floor being underbuilt in
brick, the upper floors rendered. This has 2 sashes with glazing bars intact
and a ground floor canted bay and doorcase with rectangular fanlight. On the
2nd storey are 2 original mediaeval windows with holes for window bars and
sliding shutter grooves. Around these windows is. the original C15 yellow brick
infill.


Listing NGR: TR1491257839

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