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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 17
Type of record:Monument
Name:Hospital (site of)

Summary

An almshouse type hospital founded in 1137 and dissolved in 1557. The site is marked by a short length of flint wall on the south side of the Dover road, west of the entrance to the County Cricket ground. The walling includes the garden wall of 136 Old Dover Road, contains much reused material, including worked stone. At the south end there is a blocked gateway with piers of knapped flint, stone and Tudor brick quoins.


Grid Reference:TR 1568 5679
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOSPITAL (HOSPITAL, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1137 AD to 1557 AD)

Full description

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(TR 15685679) Hospital (GT) (site of). (1) The Hospital of St Lawrence, Canterbury, an almshouse type, was founded in 1137 and dissolved in 1557. The remains are extremely scanty and the site is marked by a short length of ancient flint wall on the south side of the Dover road, 100 yards west of the entrance to the County Cricket ground. (2-3) The walling, centred at TR 15695680 and incorporated into the garden wall of 136 Old Dover Road, contains much reused material, including worked stone. At the south end there is a blocked gateway with piers of knapped flint and stone and including Tudor brick quoins. The owner states the garden is free of any traces of the hospital. (4) Additional bibliography. (5) Additional bibliography - not consulted. (6-7)


<1> OS 1/2500 1956 (OS Card Reference). SKE48126.

<2> Med Rel Houses Eng & Wales 1953 261 (D Knowles & RN Hadcock) (OS Card Reference). SKE46778.

<3> Arch Cant 50 1938 34-5 (CE Woodruff) (OS Card Reference). SKE35257.

<4> F1 ASP 05-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE41940.

<5> Med Rel Houses Eng & Wales 1971 317 (D Knowles & RN Hadcock) (OS Card Reference). SKE46783.

<6> Bib Top Brit 1 (1870-90) XXX 438-42 (OS Card Reference). SKE37640.

<7> Tanners' "Notitia Monastica" 1787 Kent XII (Naismith) (OS Card Reference). SKE49799.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 1/2500 1956.
<2>OS Card Reference: Med Rel Houses Eng & Wales 1953 261 (D Knowles & RN Hadcock).
<3>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 50 1938 34-5 (CE Woodruff). [Mapped feature: #43377 Almshouse, ]
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05-FEB-65.
<5>OS Card Reference: Med Rel Houses Eng & Wales 1971 317 (D Knowles & RN Hadcock).
<6>OS Card Reference: Bib Top Brit 1 (1870-90) XXX 438-42.
<7>OS Card Reference: Tanners' "Notitia Monastica" 1787 Kent XII (Naismith).