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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 1218
Type of record:Monument
Name:The Bake House, Outer Court Archbishop's Palace

Summary

On a plan of the Archbishop's Palace, a bake house is shown situated in the north-east corner of the Outer Court adjoining the east side of the Archbishop's Barn. It appears as a rectangular shaped building approximately 60 feet in length and 25 feet in width, of two storeys with a long room on the upper floor.


Grid Reference:TR 1509 5808
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Very little has been found out about the Bake House to date.

On a plan of the Archbishop's Palace, a bake house is shown situated in the north-east corner of the Outer Court adjoining the east side of the Archbishop's Barn. It appears as a rectangular shaped building approximately 60 feet in length and 25 feet in width, of two storeys with a long room on the upper floor. It is unclear when it was built but it is possible that it may be of late medieval date.

It is recorded in existence in the Parlimentary Survey of 1647 where it is described as a stone-built structure with a tiled roof.


Rady, J., Tatton-Brown, T. & Bowen, J., 1991, The Archbishop's Palace, Canterbury (Article in serial). SKE30203.

Blockley, K., Sparks, M. & Tatton-Brown, T., 1997, Canterbury Cathedral Nave, Archaeology, History and Architecture (Monograph). SKE29723.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Monograph: Blockley, K., Sparks, M. & Tatton-Brown, T.. 1997. Canterbury Cathedral Nave, Archaeology, History and Architecture.
---Article in serial: Rady, J., Tatton-Brown, T. & Bowen, J.. 1991. The Archbishop's Palace, Canterbury.