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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 745 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | THE MITRE INN |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1767 to 1799
| Grid Reference: | TR 1480 5801 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Post Medieval - 1767 AD to 1799 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1240635: THE MITRE INN |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 THE FRIARS
No 12 (The Mitre Inn) TR 1458 SW 2/87
II GV
2. Late C18. 2 storeys red brick. Parapet with stone coping. Mansard roof having 3 dormers. 3 sashes filth glazing bars intact. These are 3-light on the ground floor. Central round-headed recessed doorcase with later door. The keystone has a moulded female bust. No 13 is part of this building.
Nos 11 to 18 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1480458008
The Canterbury UAD states that this was a Mackeson/Whitbread inn.
There was an inn the Mitre mentioned in the Quarter Sessions List in 1692 but there is some doubt about its position in Canterbury. The Friars Mitre was mentioned in the Licensing Lists of 1845 and 1846 and it was one of the very few inns to carry a sign with connections with the Cathedral. Mary Robins was the innkeeper in November 1878.
The Mitre changed to The Canterbury Tales in November 1981. It is situtaed conveniently opposite the Marlowe Theatre.
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Wilmot, E., 1988, Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29737.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
| --- | Monograph: Wilmot, E.. 1988. Inns of Canterbury. |
