Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1967

Monument Types

• SITE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1600 AD to 1967 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 KING STREET (North West Side)
No 20 TR 1458 SE 2/301 3.5.67. II GV
2. Formerly a public house. Early C17. Refronted in the C18 and again recently, but in facsimile. 2 storeys and attic red brick. Flipped tiled roof with 2 hipped dormers. Eaves cornice and stringcourse. 5 sashes with glazing bars intact. Round-headed window in the centre of the first floor. Doorcase has projecting cornice and pilasters, semi-circular fanlight and 6 panelled door. The rear elevation has a gable end and is part tile-hung.
Nos 16 to 22 (consec), Red brick garden to No 20, St Alphage Church Hall, Outbuildings, railings, post and wall at St Alphege Church Hall form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1495758128

Imported from the Canterbury UAD: Formerly an inn called The Crown and Anchor.
Apparently first appears on a licensing list in 1846, with John Hubble recorded as innkeeper.
During the 19th century its name changed to FARRIERS ARMS. The inn closed in 1912.
As a point of interest, this house was a doss house at the end of the 19th early 20th century. It was a cheap place to sleep, costing a copper or two. Sleep was attempted by spreading a rope acros the width of the room, if you wanted to sleep you would spread one arm over the rope, place your head on your shoulder and try to sleep, standing all night.

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Wilmot, E., 1992, Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29747.

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