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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 1115 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | 91 AND 92 ST DUNSTAN'S STREET |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1066 to 1799. 91 and 92 St Dunstan's St
| Grid Reference: | TR 14549 58107 |
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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 - 1066 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1241915: 91 AND 92 ST DUNSTAN'S STREET |
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Full description
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Description from record TR 15 NW 237:
Nos 91 and 92 St Dunstan's Street [TR 14555810 - sited from HHR map]. Grade II. Medieval timber-framed buildings refaced 18thc. (1-2)
The Canterbury UAD states that:
The Gun inn was originally sited at No 7 St Dunstan's Street, but was moved at some time during the 19th cebtury across the road to its present location at No 92 St Dunstan's Street. No 7 St Dunstan's was the site of a few inns, such as The Thorn at the end of the 19th century, and many years earlier there was The Greyhound.
Licensing lists and directories give the following as innkeepers;
1846 G Whiting
1848 Clara Newport
1862 James Dodd
The GUN closed in 1912. (3)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 ST DUNSTAN'S STREET (South West Side)
Nos 91 & 92 TR 1458 SE 2/325
II GV
2. Mediaeval timber-framed buildings refaced in C18. 2 storeys painted brick. Attic storey to No 92 with 2 hips above. No 91 has 1 hipped dormer. Moulded stone parapet with rainwater head. 4 sashes in all with glazing bars intact, those to No 91 set in moulded architraves. Later shopfronts.
Nos 87 to 95 (consec), Garden Wall & gate piers to No 87 form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1454558104 (4)
<1> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 224 (OS Card Reference). SKE40057.
<2> Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57035 5 of 29 (OS Card Reference). SKE43890.
<3> Wilmot, E., 1992, Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29747.
<4> 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 224. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57035 5 of 29. |
| <3> | Monograph: Wilmot, E.. 1992. Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury. |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #23965 Listed building, ] |
