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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1267 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Lanfranc's Hall, Christchurch Priory |
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Summary
A large rectangular shaped building in plan, measuring approximately 80 feet long N-S by 30 feet wide E-W and is shown on Prior Wibert's Plan of the Priory waterworks dated c. 1165. Know as Lanfranc's Hall, on the Norman plan it is considered to have been a large Barn immediately adjacent to a postern gate.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1520 5802 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARN (Medieval - 1165 AD? to 1495 AD?)
Full description
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A large rectangular shaped building in plan, measuring approximately 80 feet long N-S by 30 feet wide E-W and is shown on Prior Wibert's Plan of the Priory waterworks dated c. 1165. Know as Lanfranc's Hall, on the Norman plan it is considered to have been a large Barn immediately adjacent to a postern gate. All was subsequently demolished and built over when the Prior's New Lodgings were built during the late 15th century.
Willis, R., 1868, 'The Architectural History of the Conventual Buildings of the Monastery of Christchurch in Canterbury' (Article in serial). SKE30206.
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: Willis, R.. 1868. 'The Architectural History of the Conventual Buildings of the Monastery of Christchurch in Canterbury'. |
