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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 776 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | THE PRINCE OF WALES INN |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1799
| Grid Reference: | TR 1493 5805 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Post Medieval - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1240916: THE PRINCE OF WALES INN |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 KING STREET (South East Side)
No 5l (The Prince of Wales Inn) TR 1458 SE 2/303 3.5.67.
II
2. C18. 2 storeys red brick. Slate roof with parapet, 5 windows with glazing bars intact. 3 round-headed arched recessed on ground floor. See Nos 2-7 St Alphege Lane.
Listing NGR: TR1494258054
The Canterbury UAD states that this is a Rigden/Fremlin/Whitbread inn.
Formerly the Dog and Bull and it was called that in 1796 when the licensee was James Moss. In September 1798 HRH George, Prince of Wales, was presented with the Freedom of the City of Canterbury and the inn probably changed its name to Prince of Wales at that time. In 1795 the Prince of Wales had married Caroline of Brunswick and when he was crowned as George IV in 1820 he was determined to prevent her becoming Queen and attempted to prevent her entering Westminster Abbey. The mob cheered her on but she was prevented from entering. An amusing verse of the time said:
O Gracious Queen we thee implore,
To go away and sin no more;
But if that effort be too great,
To go away at any rate.
Caroline died a month after the coronation of George IV.
In 1849 the Prince of Wales was purchased by Rigdens from Flints for £510.
The establishment is now (2003) Merefields Wine bar.
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. |
