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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 79 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Tower 8 containing Zoar Chapel |
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Summary
Medieval tower on the city wall reused as a chapel. In 1802 it was utilised in connection with the city water supply, and was converted to a Strict Baptist chapel in 1838. Brick walls rounded at the rear to mirror the Medieval tower.
| Grid Reference: | TR 6152 1577 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR61NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TOWER (TOWER, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1838 AD)
Full description
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(TR 15195767) Md bastion considerably refaced, now used as a chapel. (1) Zoar Chapel. Grade II. Built in 1845 on the foundations of one of the towers of the City Wall. (2) [TR 15195767] Zoar Chapel (Baptist) [NAT]. (3) Tower No 8, medieval and semicircular, now used as a chapel, lies between Newingate [TR 15 NE 76] and Burgate [TR 15 NE 85]. (4)
<1> F1 FGA 27-JAN-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42991.
<2> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 (OS Card Reference). SKE39977.
<3> OS 1:1250 1972 (OS Card Reference). SKE48184.
<4> Arch of Cant 2 1982 23 (SS Frere S Stow and P Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE36822.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 27-JAN-65. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:1250 1972. |
| <4>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch of Cant 2 1982 23 (SS Frere S Stow and P Bennett). [Mapped feature: #43419 Tower, ] |
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