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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NW 1230
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:Nos 198 - 204 Wincheap

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1799

Grid Reference:TR 1409 5700
Map Sheet:TR15NW
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1400 AD to 1799 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1258059: THE KING'S HEAD INN

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 WINCHEAP (North West Side)
Nos 198 to 204 (even) (The King's Head Inn) TR 15 NW 11/233 3.5.67.
II
2. C15 timber-framed houses refronted in C18 but retaining the overhang of their 1st floor. 2 storeys stuccoed. Old tiled roof. Plinth. 7 sashes with glazing bars missing. Ground floor windows restored. The rear elevation is partly tile-hung.
Listing NGR: TR1409257008

The Canterbury UAD states that No 198 Wincheap was a Whitbread House inn.

Houses in Wincheap seem to have changed their street numbers several times.

In 1878 the White Horse was No. 75 and 76 and the innkeeper was Mr Joseph Pentecost and the two houses were probably converted into one to enlarge the premises at that time. In the 1960's the number changed from No. 83 to No. 198. The last innkeepers for 11 years were Mr & Mrs T Bowler.

The building is considered to be of 16th or 17th century date and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

The White Horse closed as an inn in 1969.


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.