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Monument details

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1799 No 74 Wincheap (formerly No 33)

Monument Types

• BUILDING (Medieval to Modern - 1500 AD to 2050 AD)
• INN (Post Medieval to Modern - 1692 AD? to 1907 AD)

Full description

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Description from record TR 15 NW 81:
No 74 Wincheap (Wincheap House) Grade II* (formerly No 33). [TR 14345721]. A 16th century timber-framed house, much altered in the 18th century and later, but preserving the overhang of its 1st and2nd floors on carved brackets. 3 storeys. Ground and 2nd floors red brick, 1st floor tile-hung. 2 half-hipped gables with casement windows. Other windows are sashes with glazing bars intact. 2 small bay windows on the 1st floor resting on carved brackets, replacing earlier oriel windows. 2 larger bay windows with wooden shutters on the ground floor. 16th century door of 16 panels with early 19th century rectangular fanlight added between the brackets of the over- hanging 1st floor and containing ogee-shaped divisions. (1-2) Early 17th century. (3)

The Canterbury UAD states that 74 Wincheap was previously an inn called the Royal George.
At one time the Royal George was numbered No. 82 'next to old burial ground'. There is now a garage on the site (Tyre Services).

In 1846 the directory listed Mr G Pentecost as innkeeper and he was still there in 1848. In 1882, as No. 74 Wincheap Street, the innkeeper was Mrs Elizabeth Ann Woodford and in 1888 E Savage. In 1887 the Royal George was purchased by Rigden (brewer) and between 1900 and 1903 Mrs Marsh was innkeeper.

The Royal George closed as an inn in 1907 and for some time the building became a popular restaurant - Michael's. In 1992 the building appears to be unoccupied.

The Royal George was listed in the 1692 Licences List as THREE MARINERS. The Billeting List in 1693 gave the inn two soldiers. The 1865 directory listed G Pentecost as innkeeper. In 1905 it was Mrs Mary A Marsh. (4)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 WINCHEAP (North West Side)
No 74 (Wincheap House) (Formerly listed as No 33) TR 1457 SW 7/228 3.12.49.
II*
2. A C16 timber-framed house, much altered in the C18 and later, but preserving the overhang of its 1st and 2nd floors on carved brackets. 3 storeys. Ground and 2nd floors red brick, 1st floor tile-hung. 2 half-hipped gables with casement windows. Other windows are sashes with glazing bars intact. 2 small bay windows on the 1st floor resting on carved brackets, replacing earlier oriel windows. 2 larger bay windows with wooden shutters on the ground floor. C16 door of 16 panels with early C19 rectangular fanlight added between the brackets of the overhanging 1st floor and containing ogee-shaped divisions. Listing NGR: TR1434457218 (5)

<1> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 290 (OS Card Reference). SKE40094.

<2> Hist Bldgs Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 4 of 7 (OS Card Reference). SKE43782.

<3> Arch Cant 101 1984 (J Bowen and T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE34552.

<4> Wilmot, E., 1992, Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29747.

<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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