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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1650 to 1799. Was an inn dating to the 17th Century.

Monument Types

• SITE (Post Medieval - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 ST PETER'S STREET (North East Side)
No 12 TR 1457 NE 4/680
II GV
2. C18. 3 storeys. The 2nd storey is colourwashed, the lst floor is stock brick. Hipped tiled roof with moulded modillion cornice. 2 sashes with glazing bars intact. Later shop front. Rear elevation is tile hung. Grade II for group value.
Nos l2, 13, 13A and the Church of St Peter form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1473557996

The Canterbury UAD states that this is a Tomson & Wotton/Whitbread inn.

This inn appears in a deed which was in the possession of the brewers, Tomson and Wotton, dated 1676 and it is called, The Dog's Head in the Pot (From Mr Endersby''s papers).

It appears in the Licensing List for 1692 and in 1693 the Billeting List for soldiers allocated the inn one sergeant. It appears to have been re-built in c. 1815.

Several years before the inn closed visitors sat on barrels to drink. The Oporto Tavern closed in 1969. It is now (2002) a shop - Welby's Bazaar.

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

Wilmot, E., 1988, Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29737.

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