Listed Building: CANTERBURY CASTLE (1252100)

Grade I
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 856, 8, 210
Date assigned 03 December 1949
Date last amended

Description

1. 944 CASTLE STREET (North West Side) Canterbury Castle TR 1457 SE 8/210 3.12.49. I 2. The remains of a square Norman keep. 2 storeys above ground level (it was reduced in height in 1817) built in bands of flint and Caen stone blocks. There were originally 4 arched windows to each side. The interior has 2 cross walls and the remains of spiral staircases in the east and south-west wall. Remains of fireplaces of rubble set in a herringbone pattern. The keep measures 87 by 75 feet externally and the walls are 9 ft thick. Scheduled as an ancient monument. Listing NGR: TR1455357429

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 1455 5742 (point)
Map sheet TR15NW
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 4:25PM