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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 1244 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | 10 MERCERY LANE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1200 to 1299 GII Medieval House, 10 Mercery Lane
| Grid Reference: | TR 1495 5780 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1200 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1096951: 10 MERCERY LANE |
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Full description
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Description from record TR 15 NW 365:
No 10 Mercery Lane [TR 14955780 - sited from OS 1/1250 1974]. Grade II. A timber-framed building plastered over. Vaulted stone cellar probably 13th century. (1) Timber-framed building, probably 16th-17th century with early 20th century false timber framing. (2)
Parts of the upper floor and roof are clearly of 15thC date with evidence of a double range of crwon-post roofs still surviving despite alterations. The exterior of Boots is was built in the early 20thC.
During monitoring of refurbishent a late medieval flint and mortar boundary wall was revealed beneath the courtyard and was found to be associated with a half cellar, partly backfilled with demolition debris, yealding 17thC pottery. The wall and cellar may well have formed part of a complex series of outbuildings sited to the rear of properites fronting onto the important Mercery Lane and High Street intersection. (3)
A building survey was carried out in 2006 in advance of the propsed sale of the site. The survey concluded that all the visible structure of no. 10 was 20th century in date although an early cellar may survive (4)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 MERCERY LANE (West Side)
No 10 TR 1457 NE 4/266 3.5.67.
II GV
2. A timber-framed building plastered over. Overhang. Restored mullions and transoms and 2 oriels supported on brackets. 2 fine carved brackets in file shape of Imps. Vaulted stone cellar, probably C13.
Nos 1 to 8A (consec) and Nos 10 to 16 (consec), Nos 38 to 44 (consec) Burgate together with Nos 1 to 9 (consec) Butchery Lane form a group.
Also Nos 10 to 16 (consec) form a group together with Nos 6A & 7 The Parade.
Listing NGR: TR1495557805 (5)
<1> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 137 (OS Card Reference). SKE39998.
<2> Hist Bldgs Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57030 1 (OS Card Reference). SKE43788.
<3> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1990, Canterbury's Archaeology 1988-1989, page 5 (Monograph). SKE6722.
<4> Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd, 2006, BOOTS THE CHEMIST Nos.9-11 Mercery Lane and Nos.5-7 The Parade, Canterbury, Kent An architectural description and documentary study (Unpublished document). SKE52614.
<5> 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) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 137. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Hist Bldgs Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57030 1. |
| <3> | Monograph: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1990. Canterbury's Archaeology 1988-1989. page 5. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd. 2006. BOOTS THE CHEMIST Nos.9-11 Mercery Lane and Nos.5-7 The Parade, Canterbury, Kent An architectural description and documentary study. |
| <5>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #23572 Listed Building, ] |
