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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1066 to 1975

Summary from record TQ 57 SW 1001:

Remains of Priory Walls of Dartford Priory.

Monument Types

• SITE (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1975 AD)
• BOUNDARY WALL (Medieval to Modern - 1389 AD? to 2050 AD (at some time))

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. Remains of Priory Walls 5274 in Victoria Road, Kingsfield Terrace and Priory Lane, including the doorway in Kingsfield Terrace TQ 5374 1/16A TQ 5474 2/16A 22.12.53.
II
2. Substantial portions of the boundary walls of Dartford Priory remain within the modern Engineering Works. They are of Kentish ragstone with some flint and brick and are largely mediaeval but partly date from Henry VIII's reign. The longest portions front Kingsfield Terrace and Victoria Road, and set in the former is a 4-centred, arched, wooden doorway which was inserted in 1544.
Listing NGR: TQ5390474533

Description from record TQ 57 SW 1001:
Substantial portions of the boundary walls of Dartford Priory remain within the modern Engineering Works. They are Kentish ragstone with some flint and brick and are largely medieval but partly date from Henry VIII's reign. The longest portions front Kingstfield Terrace and Victoria Road, and set in the former is a 4-centred, arched, wooden doorway which was inserted in 1544. (1 - 3)

<1> Department of the Environment, KCC Greenback Index (Index). SWX9400.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2001, Prospect Place Retail Park, Dartford (Unpublished document). SKE11956.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2001, Prospect Place Retail Park, Dartford, Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE12278.

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