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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1173 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | The Vauxhall Tavern. 159 Sturry Road |
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Summary
An inn on the site of the 18th Century Vauxhall gardens, which are copied from the famous pleasure gardens of that name in London.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1597 5895 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- INN (Post Medieval to Modern - 1755 AD? to 2001 AD)
Full description
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The Canterbury UAD states that this is a Mackeson/Whitbread inn.
The Vauxhall Tavern is probably on the site of the 18th century Vauxhall gardens - copied from the famous pleasure gardens of that name in London.
There is a map of 1769 where an inn on or near this site is called Half Way House.
Enderby had seen a Ticket for the Vauxhall gardens, Price 1/- for Thursday 16 August 1755. No. 432. It was then in the possession of the landlord of the Waterloo Tavern (1949).
The Vauxhall was probably rebuilt around 1934. The City Council Survey of Licensed Houses written just at the end of the Second World War suggests that the type of clients using this inn were 'Artisan and labouring residents and passing drivers'.
The Vauxhall closed c. 2001 and is now (2002) a Burger King 'fast food' Restaurant.
Wilmot, E., 1988, Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29737.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Wilmot, E.. 1988. Inns of Canterbury. |
