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Monument details

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1066 to 1799 St mary northgate hall : listed building. Iron Age coin findspot 48 Palace St: Late 18th century two storey house built in red brick. The rear elevation has a medieval portion which was the porch to the original Archbishop's Palace. This is of two storeys and built in flint and ashlar.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• BUILDING (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1799 AD)

Associated Finds

• COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 PALACE STREET (East Side)
No 48 (Walpole House, King's School) TR 1458 SE 2/51 TR 1458 SE 3/51 3.12.49.
II GV
2. Late C18. 3 storeys and semi-basement red brick. Parapet with stone coping. stuccoed stringcourse. Northernmost window bay recessed with arcading over lst floor windows. Doorway up 5 steps with handrail on either side. Narrow window on either side of door, segmental fanlight, reeded frieze, and 6 panel moulded double doors. Footscraper. The rear elevation has a mediaeval portion which is the porch to the original Archbishop's Palace. 2 storeys flint and ashlar with buttresses. Sashes. Blocked in arch, The rest of the building has a curved bay and 3 sashes. Doorcase with rectangular fanlight and steps with wrought iron railings.
Nos 29 to 48 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1500858008

Description from record TR 15 SW 65:
Listed building : no additional information available

Description from record TR 15 NE 109:
TR 1558. A British Inscribed Coin from excavations in Canterbury. (1)

Description from record TR 15 NE 118:
(TR 15005800) Great Hall [NR] (site of) [NAT]. Porch [NR] (remains of) [NAT]. (1) 48 Palace Street (Walpole House, King's School) Grade II. Late 18thc.The rear elevation has a medieval portion which is the porch to the original Archbishop's Palace (for full description see list). (2)

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

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

<1> Supp Gaz/Find Spots of Celt Coins in Brit 1977 63 (C Haselgrove) (OS Card Reference). SKE49748.

<2> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent 1973 197 (OS Card Reference). SKE39970.

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