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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1699 Wool Store. 16th or 17th century. Flint and reused medieval masonry walls.

Monument Types

• WAREHOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1500 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Description from record TR 15 NW 247:
TR 147581 (sic). Warehouse on the North West side of Pound Land. (1) (TR 14665816 - sited from HHR map). Wool Stores, South West of No 6 Pound Lane. Dates from the 16thc or 17thc. The right side is of flint and robbed medieval masonry with stone dressings. Grade II. (For full description see list). (2) Additional bibliography. (3)


An intermittent watching brief and minor excavations were carried out in December, 1991 and January, 1992 during renovation and rebuilding work at the Woolstore, Pound Lane. This watching brief was funded by Canterbury City Council and the site codes were PL91 and PLB91. The earliest archaeological feature found was the Medieval city wall. This was located in the eastern end of the watching brief trench, the area exposed being 2m by 2m and 0.6m in height. The eastern face of the wall had been reused as the foundation of the main east wall of the woolstore. Abutting the city wall were deposits of silt, these were not excavated and no finds were recovered from the event. In the southern area of the excavation a retaining wall was uncovered, possibly a section of a 19th century loading bay for use with goods from barges. A cobbled surface abutted the wall and the city wall sloping to west, presumably to allow drainage in the event of flooding. The main south wall was also built upon the Medieval city wall. This current south wall dates from the 1830's when the building was lengthened. The excavation and watching brief clearly confined the development of the woolstore as early 19th century. <ref 215> (4)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 POUND LANE
Wool Stores South West of No 6 TR 1458 SE 2/644
II GV
2. Dates from the C16 or C17. The left hand portion has a flint and brick base with 2 storeys weather-boarded above, Hipped old tiled roof, Casements and sashes. 3 trap doors. The right side portion is of flint and robbed mediaeval masonry with stone dressings. The centre has a wooden portion with a pulley. The rear elevation has traces of timber-framing.
Wool Stores to South West of No 6 & Nos 6 to 12 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1466558162 (5)

Historic England archive material: BF106794 FORMER WOOL STORE, POUND LANE, CANTERBURY

<1> Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 30 (AJ Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE44221.

<2> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 203 (OS Card Reference). SKE40035.

<3> Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57033 of 6 (OS Card Reference). SKE43876.

<4> Kirk McKenna, 1993, The Woolstore, Pound Lane (Bibliographic reference). SKE31065.

<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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