Building record TR 15 NW 1063 - NO. 1 CROSS STREET

Summary

NO. 1 CROSS STREET: historic building. Formerly The Builders Arms Inn

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 14265 58229 (11m by 11m) Centred
Map sheet TR15NW
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Full Description

NOS. 1 - 9 CONSECUTIVELY FORM A GROUP. EARLY 19C. 2 STOREYS. BUFF BRICK. SLATE ROOF. 2 SASHES. 1 BLANK. GROUND FLOOR HAS 4 PILASTERS.

Located on the corner of Cross Street and Church Street. The Inn was purchased by Rigden the Brewers in 1844, the innkeeper of the time (1845-49) was John Vincent. In 1859 the license was tranferred from Charles Igglesden to John Curtis. Two months later it transferred again between John Curtis and Richard Goodsell.

Other Innkeepers were;
1867 John Brown
1888 William Fairbrass

In 1925 a directory mentions this was a Charles Stace Mission Room.

The Inn closed in 1937, now a private residence. (1)


<1> Wilmot, E., 1992, Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29747.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Wilmot, E.. 1992. Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury.

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Record last edited

Sep 30 2014 4:26PM