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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1799. House built by the Hales Estate circa 1770 using the outer part of the Cemetery Gate. The gate and the house together with its strip of garden to the east and another garden to the north were purchased by St Augustine's College in 1850. The gate and house were used as a private residence bringing in rent to the College. In 1908 it was adapted for use by the students and renamed Bailey House after a former warden of the college. A two storey building with the south front partly faced in flint, brick, tile and cement.

Monument Types

• HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD to 2050 AD)
• AIR RAID WARDENS POST (Modern - 1945 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Full description

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Description from record TR 15 NE 228 :
[TR 15365770] Bailey House [NAT]. (1) Warden's Residence [NR]. (2) No 1 Monastery Street, Bailey House. Grade II. 18th century facade to possibly earlier house refaced with cement. (For full description see list). (3) The Cemetery Gate (TR 15 NE 222) remained a private house during the 19th century. In 1908 it was adapted for use by students and named Bailey House after Henry Bailey, Warden of St Augustine's College 1850-78. (4)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 MONASTERY STREET (East Side)
No 1 (Bailey House) TR 1557 NW 5/151A 3.5.67.
II GV
2. C18 facade to possibly earlier house refaced with cement. 2 storeys, Eaves cornice. 4 windows, one pointed, the others retaining their glazing bars. The south front is faced partly with cement, partly with flints, partly with red brick and partly with tiles. Corbled chimney above the ground floor. In this wall is a stone recording "Sir John Hales, Baranet, gave this water and at his own charge had it brought hither, 1733".
No 1, wall adjoining No 1 to right, water pump opposite No 1, No 2, Nos 4 to 16 (even), St Augustine's College, Hall, Chapel, The Cemetery Gateway, The Great Gateway, wall in front of St Augustine's form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1535657702 (5)

Description from record TR 15 NE 793:
In August 1940 the Canterbury Emergency Committee were offered free of charge the use of the cellar of Bailey House at the Longport end of Monastery Road, in place of an existing post (‘C/1’) constructed of sandbags in Longport Street. The offer was gratefully accepted. Around the end of December 1940 sleeping accommodation was provided.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : unknown
Date of visit : (6)

<1> OS 1/1250 1972 (OS Card Reference). SKE48120.

<2> OS 1/500 1874 (OS Card Reference). SKE48131.

<3> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 144 (OS Card Reference). SKE40001.

<4> Arch Cant 100 1984 330 (M Sparks) (OS Card Reference). SKE34537.

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

<6> Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). SKE14804.

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