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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1317 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | The Kitchen, St. Augustine's Abbey |
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Summary
Beyond the Refectory, to the north, was a freestanding hexangonal shaped kitchen, about 50 feet in diameter, with six large buttresses at the angles. It was built, along with the outer stone court, in between 1287 and 1291 during the abbacy of Abbot Fyndon, and probably replaced an earlier kitchen, built on the site by Abbot Hugh I of Fleury in c. 1099-1124.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1548 5782 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- KITCHEN (C11, rebuilt C13, Medieval to Unknown - 1099 AD)
Full description
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Beyond the Refectory, to the north, was a freestanding hexangonal shaped kitchen, about 50 feet in diameter, with six large buttresses at the angles. It was built, along with the outer stone court, in between 1287 and 1291 during the abbacy of Abbot Fyndon, and probably replaced an earlier kitchen, built on the site by Abbot Hugh I of Fleury in c. 1099-1124. Kithen buildings were often built slightly apart from the other buildings in order to minimise the risk of fire. There were probably four hearths and two entrances, one into the Refectory, the other leading to the outer court where the supplies would have been delivered. The roof was steeply pitched and made of lead with louvres to let the smoke out. This building survived until after the Dissolution of the monastery, and continued to be used as the kithcen for the royal palace.
During excavations in 1960, burials from an earlier burial ground were discovered beneath the remains of the Kitchen building.
Sparks, M., 1985, The Recovery and Excavation of the St Augustine's Abbey Site, 1844-1947 (Serial). SKE30290.
Tatton-Brown, T., 1985, Three Great Benedictine Houses in Kent: Their Buildings & Topography (Article in serial). SKE8094.
Sherlock, D. & Woods, B. A., 1988, St. Augustine's Abbey: Report on Excavations, 1960-78 (Monograph). SKE30287.
Roebuck, J., 2002, St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury (Monograph). SKE30293.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Sherlock, D. & Woods, B. A.. 1988. St. Augustine's Abbey: Report on Excavations, 1960-78. |
| --- | Serial: Sparks, M.. 1985. The Recovery and Excavation of the St Augustine's Abbey Site, 1844-1947. |
| --- | Monograph: Roebuck, J.. 2002. St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. |
| --- | Article in serial: Tatton-Brown, T.. 1985. Three Great Benedictine Houses in Kent: Their Buildings & Topography. Vol C pages 171 - 188. |
