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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NW 704 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | MINOR CANONS' ROW |
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Summary
Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1736 Terrace of three storey houses constructed in 1736 for the minor canons of Rochester Cathedral. Walled gardens are present to the rear.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7423 6844 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NW |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TERRACE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1736 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (I) 1139023: MINOR CANONS' ROW |
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Full description
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Description from record TQ 76 NW 87 :
(TQ 74236844 - O.S. 1:2500 1970) MINOR CANON ROW I No. 1 I No. 2 I No. 3 I No. 4 I No. 5 I No. 6 I No. 7 Terrace of 1736, 3 storeys and basement, 3 windows. Brick, parapet has dentil band, 1st, 2nd floor bands, flat arches, plinth. Top mullion and transome casements, otherwise sashes in exposed frames. Doorways have moulded hoods, framed fanlight, panelled doors. The rear shows 14 hipped gables. Walled gardens. (1)
ROCHESTER THE PRECINCT Nos 1-7 Minor Canon's Row. Row of houses built for the minor canons of Rochester Cathedral. 1736. Brick, with kent tile hipped roofs. [Full architectural reference] LISTED GRADE I. Additional architectural reference. (a) (2)
Additional bibliography [3].
Recent archaeological work has revealed wall fragments from a medieval building under Minor Canon Row, which may have been a major monastic building, perhaps the 'Long Bakehouse' (TQ 76 NW ) [4].
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ROCHESTER THE PRECINCT TQ 7468 SW 9/202 Nos 1-7 Minor Canons' Row 24-10-50 GV I Row of houses built for the minor canons of Rochester Cathedral. 1736. Brick, with Kent tile hipped roofs. Each house with entrance and stair to left, under double valley roofs, with one large stack to alternate ridges. 3 storeys and basement with area. Each house with a 3-window front; parapet with dentilled cornice; plat band between floor. 12-pane hornless sash windows with exposed frames under rubbed brick flat arches throughout. Doorways (approached by steps) with simple moulded surround, canopy, panelled door and rectangular overlight. Rear: 2nd floor: 2-light casement windows with transom and glazing bars; 1st floor: 12-pane sashes under depressed window arches. Some casements.
Listing NGR: TQ7422068455 (5)
<1> DOE(HHR)Dist of City of Rochester Kent July 1969 29 (OS Card Reference). SKE41302.
<2> DOE(HHR)City of Rochester upon Medway Kent, 2nd Dec 1991 117. (OS Card Reference). SKE41263.
<3> Newman J(1980)The Buildings of England:West Kent and the Weald. 486 (OS Card Reference). SKE47555.
<4> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1999, DRAFT Archaeological Observations undertaken during the Boley Hill, Rochester Repaving Project 1998. Volume 1: Report (Unpublished document). SKE12475.
<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Dist of City of Rochester Kent July 1969 29. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)City of Rochester upon Medway Kent, 2nd Dec 1991 117.. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Newman J(1980)The Buildings of England:West Kent and the Weald. 486. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1999. DRAFT Archaeological Observations undertaken during the Boley Hill, Rochester Repaving Project 1998. Volume 1: Report. |
| <5>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #29542 listed building, ] |
