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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 643
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:WALL AND GATE PIERS BETWEEN ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE AND CATHEDRAL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1066 to 1540. Wall and gate piers between the Archbishop's Palace and the Cathedral incorporating Medieval masonry. The wall is 1 foot high and the gate piers about 20 feet high


Grid Reference:TR 1501 5794
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • GATE (GATE, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SITE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
  • WALL (WALL, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1252881: WALL AND GATE PIERS BETWEEN ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE AND CATHEDRAL

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 THE CATHEDRAL PRECINCTS
Wall and gate piers between Archbishop's Palace and Cathedral TR 1557 NW 5/2B
II
2. This incorporates Mediaeval Masonry. 1 foot high of flint and ashlar with stone coping. Pair of stone gatepiers about 20 feet high having cornices with Ovolo moulding.
Listing NGR: TR1500457944 (1)

Description from record TR 15 NE 195:
Wall and gate piers between the Archbishop's Palace and Cathedral, [TR 15005794 - sited from HHR map]. Grade II. This incorporates medieval masonry. (2)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 64 (OS Card Reference). SKE40125.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #23727 Listed building, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 64.

Related records

TR 15 NE 125Part of: Canterbury Christ Church Cathedral (Listed Building)
TR 15 NE 1075Part of: Christchurch Priory and Archbishop's Palace complex (Monument)