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Monument details

HER Number:TR 06 SW 1334
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:GILLETT'S GRANARIES

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Gillett's Granaries at Standard Quay are a late 17th century timber and brick warehouse-granary complex.The roof timbers are thought to be recycled beams from the roof of nearby Faversham Abbey's west range and frater, which was demolished in 1671.


Grid Reference:TR 01963 61940
Map Sheet:TR06SW
Parish:FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • GRANARY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1600 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1115576: GILLETT'S GRANARIES

Full description

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Description from record TR 06 SW 59:
[TR 0195 6193] Gillett's Granaries, Grade II*, Standard Quay. Long range of granariesor storehouses. These stood within the grounds of the Abbey and perhaps were the Abbey granaries. (For full description see list.) (1). 17th century warehouse on Standard Quay. A long range, stone-based, then brick, then half timbering filled with brick-nogging in half a dozen patterns. It has recently been discovered that the timbers are largely re-used, including six crown posts. They probably came from the west range and frater of the abbey (TR 06 SW 9), pulled down some time after 1671(2). Additional reference (3). Site photographs (4,5).

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
STANDARD QUAY 1. ------------- 1103 Gillett's Granaries TR 0161 NE 1/95 29.7.50. II*
2. Long range of granaries or storehouses. These stood within the grounds of the Abbey and perhaps were the Abbey granaries. A timber-framed building with red brick infilling on a base of stone rubble, but most of the ground floor has been rebuilt in red brick and the East side has been patched with tarred weather-boarding in places. Tiled roof with 2 projecting hips over the left doors on the 1st floor, the hips supported on brackets. 8 doors on the ground floor and 1 blocked; 5 doors on the 1st floor and 6 windows, 3 unglazed with wooden mullions and 2 with wooden shutters; 1 covered over. Listing NGR: TR0196361940 (6)


<1> DOE(HHR) Faversham Boro Kent Aug 1972 77 (OS Card Reference). SKE41171.

<2> Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent (Ed N Pevsner) 1983 322-3 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37789.

<3> Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 41 (A Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE44228.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9546.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9547.

<6> 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) Faversham Boro Kent Aug 1972 77.
<2>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent (Ed N Pevsner) 1983 322-3 (J Newman).
<3>OS Card Reference: Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 41 (A Haselfoot).
<4>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3264. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3265. print.
<6>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #33505 Listed building, ]

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