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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1213 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Archbishop's Solar in the Great Hall, Archbishops Palace |
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Summary
The Great Hall within the Archbishop's Palace was built between 1200 and 1220. At its eastern end was the Archbishop's Solar or private chamber. The Great hall and solar was largely demolished in c. 1650.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1503 5799 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GREAT HALL (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1210 AD? to 1650 AD?)
Full description
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The Great Hall within the Archbishop's Palace was built between 1200 and 1220. At its eastern end was the Archbishop's Solar or private chamber. The solar was rectangular in shape measuring approximately 95 feet in length N-S by 32 feet in width E-W, and was situated above a vaulted undercroft. The Great hall and solar was largely demolished in c. 1650. Evidence for some of the solar and undercroft was recovered during excavations by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust in 1982.
John Newman, 1969, The Buildings of England: North East and East Kent (Monograph). SKE7874.
Rady, J., Tatton-Brown, T. & Bowen, J., 1991, The Archbishop's Palace, Canterbury (Article in serial). SKE30203.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Article in serial: Rady, J., Tatton-Brown, T. & Bowen, J.. 1991. The Archbishop's Palace, Canterbury. |
| --- | Monograph: John Newman. 1969. The Buildings of England: North East and East Kent. |
