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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1437 to 1899

Monument Types

• SITE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1437 AD to 1899 AD) + Sci.Date

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 BURGATE (North East Side)
No 36 TR 1557 NW 5/21 3.5.67. TR 1457 NE 4/21
II GV
2. Early C19 facade to C15 timber-framed house. 4 storeys cement- rendered. Stone coping. 2 sashes with wooden cills. Glazing bars intact except on first floor. Later C19 shopfront.
Nos 23 to 37 (consec) and the Christchurch Gateway form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1499857854 No 36 Burgate [TR 14995784 sited from OS 1/1250 1974] Grade II. Early 19th century facade to 15th century timber-framed house.No 36. Timber-framed, built 1437-38. No 37. Built 1437-8, refaced and altered 18th and 19th centuries.(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OS Card / NAR index (Unpublished document).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.

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