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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1899 39 Burgate

Monument Types

• HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Full description

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Description from record TR 15 NW 349:
No 39 Burgate [TR 14995782 sited from OS 1/1250 1974]. Grade II. 18th century facade to timber-framed building. (1) Timber-framed building. (2)


The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 BURGATE (South West Side)
No 59 (The Olive Branch Public House) TR 1457 NE 4/25 3.5.67.
II GV
2. C18 facade to timber-framed building. 3 storeys brick. Old tiled roof. Wooden bracket cornice. 2 cambered C19 sashes. Stringcourse and keystone. C19 front has central doorcase with rectangular fanlight and right side doorcase with panelled door.
Nos 38 to 44 (consec) and Nos 1 to 9 (consec) Butchery Lane together with Nos 1 to 8A (consec) and Nos 10 to 16 Mercery Lane form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1498957814 (3)

The Canterbury UAD states that this is an Inde Coope inn.

The address is interesting because the Olive Branch is actually in the Butter Market. There was a passage way through to The Parade where there was another licensed house and they were both held by one licensee.

No. 39 Burgate Street is mentioned in Directories from 1878 when T H Walkley & Co., Wine and spirit merchants were listed as 4, The Parade and 39 Butter Market. That was repeated in a Directory in 1889.

In 1904 Pike's Blue Book lists Walkley & Co. Wine and beer merchants at 39 Burgate with Black Boy inn at No. 40 Burgate Street. In 1925 only Walkley & Co. is mentioned but in the 1927 Directory the entry is Olive Branch with Walkley & Co. at No. 39 Burgate Street.

For years the Olive Branch only had a six day licence because of its proximity to the Cathedral. When it was granted a seven day licence there was much opposition from church goers. Why is the passage way between the Olive Branch and The Parade now closed?

**Note: The plot size and NGR detail given below relates to the Inn within Burgate (Butter Market) frontage, however The Olive Branch also appears at No. 4 The Parade [ NGR TR 14991 57815] and covers a combined area of 0.01578 hectares. (4)

<1> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 38 (OS Card Reference). SKE40100.

<2> Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57021 19 of 21 (OS Card Reference). SKE43839.

<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<4> Wilmot, E., 1988, Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29737.

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