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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 1009 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | 37 BURGATE |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1437 to 1899
| Grid Reference: | TR 1499 5785 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1437 AD to 1899 AD) + Sci.Date
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II*) 1262580: 37 BURGATE |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 BURGATE (North East Side)
No 37 TR 1457 NE 4/22 3.12.49. TR 1557 NW 5/22
II* GV
2. Outwardly C18 but part of a C15 timber-framed house. 3 storeys and attics painted brick. Old tiled roof with 2 hipped dormers. Second floor has 2 C19 sashes, Overhang to first floor which has 2 fine C18 2 light bows havin g wooden cornices with brackets and alternate triglyph and paterae friezes. The ground floor has an C18 shopfront with fluted pilasters and moulded frieze. The rear elevation is tile-hung and there is a C19 extension of 1 storey buff brick, crenellated with a round-headed doorcase having a semi- circular fanlight and fielded panelled door.
Nos 23 to 37 (consec) and the Christchurch Gateway form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1499757861 No 37 Burgate [TR 14995786 sited from OS 1/2500 1957] Grade II*. Outwardly C18 but part of a C15 timber-framed house. 3 storeys and attics painted brick. Old tiled roof with 2 hipped dormers. Second floor has 2 C19 sashes. Overhang to first floor which has 2 fine C18 2 light bows having wooden cornices with brackets and alternate triglyph and patreae friezes. The ground floor has an C18 shopfront with fluted pilasters and moulded frieze. The rear elevation is tile-hung and there is a C19 extension of 1 storey buff brick, crenellated with a round-headed doorcase having a semi-circular fanlight and fielded panelled door. (3) 35-37 Burgate, formerly The Sun, 1437-8. A survey of the existing timber frame has been drawn. (4) Nos 36-38 [sic] Burgate, originally "The Sun Inn" built 1437-8. Retiling of the roof and vertical surfaces has exposed much original timber-work of the early 15th century. (5)
Dendrochronology dating gave a date range of 1425-1460. (6)
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
OS Card / NAR index (Unpublished document). SKE6461.
<6> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 19, Pg. 48 (Website). SKE17391.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
| --- | Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index. |
| <6> | Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 19, Pg. 48. |
