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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 81 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Kings School |
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Summary
The King's School was founded by Henry VIII and located in the buildings on the east side of Mint Yard. It was afterwards transferred to the Chapel of the Almonry on the south side of Mint Yard. The school currently occupies a number of buildings both old and modern throughout the Cathedral Precincts. Walpole House, Meister Omers, Luxmore are all boarding houses of the school. Mitchinsons, built 1980-1 is for day boys and the whole of the north side of Green Court comprising the bakehouse, brewhouse and granary of Christchurch Priory are now the classrooms of the school. The Great Hall of King's School was built 1955-7 and the library occupies the site of the Aula Nova.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1512 5812 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SCHOOL (SCHOOL, Medieval to Modern - 1509 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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[TR15125812] Kings School [NR]. (1) The King's School founded by Henry VIII was located in the buildings on the east side of the mint yard and afterwards transferred to the Chapel of the Almonary which stood on the south side. (2) (TR15125812) King's School (NAT). (3) Additional bibliography. (4)
Historic England archive material (5)
<1> OS 6" 1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE48371.
<2> Arch Cant 7 1868 152 (R Willis) (OS Card Reference). SKE35459.
<3> OS 1:10000 1979 (OS Card Reference). SKE48165.
<4> BOE NE & E Kent 1983 224-226 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38204.
<5> Historic England, Archive material associated with King's School, Canterbury, Listed Buildings (Archive). SKE54613.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1962. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 7 1868 152 (R Willis). [Mapped feature: #43421 school, ] |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1979. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: BOE NE & E Kent 1983 224-226 (J Newman). |
| <5> | Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with King's School, Canterbury, Listed Buildings. |
