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Monument details

HER Number:TR 35 NW 567
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:THE OLD KINGS HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1976

Summary from record TR 35 NW 162:

Probably built in the first half of the C15. The house stands on land which belonged to Canterbury Cathedral, and it has been suggested that it was the principal hostel for travellers in Sandwich

Summary from record TR 35 NW 12:

C16th timber framed building, encased in brick in the C18th

Grid Reference:TR 33000 58401
Map Sheet:TR35NW
Parish:SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (HOUSE, Medieval - 1400 AD to 1449 AD)
  • SITE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 1976 AD)
  • HOUSE (HOUSE, Medieval - 1500 AD to 1535 AD)
  • HOUSE (HOUSE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOUSE (HOUSE, Post Medieval - 1713 AD to 1713 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1069549: THE OLD KINGS HOUSE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5275 STRAND STREET (North Side)
No 46 (The Old Kings House) TR 3258 1/56 19.5.50. TR 3358 1/56
II
2. C15 timber framed house. 3 storeys. 2 windows facing the street. The side facing the garden is wider than the street front. The south-west front facing the street is now faced with red brick, except the 2 gables which overhang on bressummers and brackets. Modern casement windows. The 2nd floor of the south-east front facing the garden is studded, but the ground floor and 1st floors have been built out in modern brick. The house contains good panelling, staircase, roof and plaster ceilings. Tiled roofing. Queen Elizabeth is said to have stayed here in 1573. It is also recorded that Henry VIII watched the departure of the fleet for the field of the Cloth of Gold from the garret window overlooking the Quay.
Listing NGR: TR3299558407

Description from record TR 35 NW 162:
Probably built in the first half of the C15. The house stands on land which belonged to Canterbury Cathedral, and it has been suggested that it was the principal hostel for travellers in Sandwich

Description from record TR 35 NW 12:
[TR 33005840] The Old House [NR] (1) The Old House, now known as 'The King's House' is a C16 half-timbered building largely encased in brick in the early C18. There is a fine C16 brick gateway from the street. Formerly open to the public, it is now a private residence. (See GP's AO/64/138/5 and 6 and 141/3). Its chief claim to distinction arises from a tradition that Queen Elizabeth stayed there in 1572 as did her father before her, but there is some dispute about this (a). (2)


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

<1> OS 25" 1956 (OS Card Reference). SKE48271.

<2> Arch Cant 16 1886 58-61 (T Dorman) (OS Card Reference). SKE34752.

<3> F1 FGA 26-JUN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42986.

<4> Field report for monument TR 35 NW 12 - June, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6035.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1956.
<2>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 16 1886 58-61 (T Dorman).
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 26-JUN-64.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 35 NW 12 - June, 1964.