Building record TR 15 NE 990 - LOWER CHANTRY LANE (SOUTH EAST SIDE) / THOMAS SANKEY COOPER & HENRY COOPER ALMS-HOUSES

Summary

LOWER CHANTRY LANE (SOUTH EAST SIDE) / THOMAS SANKEY COOPER & HENRY COOPER ALMS-HOUSES: historic building

Location

Grid reference TR 15485 57563 (point) Centred
Map sheet TR15NE
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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1900. TERRACE OS SIX SINGLE-STORET COTTAGES. RED BRICK WITH SLATD ROOF AND TERRA-COTTA ROLL-TOP RIDGE. SIX BAYS WITH DUTCH-STYLE GABLES WITH BRICK COPINGS, EACH END GABLE LARGER AND MORE ORNATE THAN THE OTHERS AND WITH STONE BALL FINIALS. CANTED BAY WINDOWS WITH SLIDING - SASHES UNDER FLAT RUBBED-BRICK ARCHES; END BAYS HAVE HIPPED MONOPITCH SLATE ROOF, CENTRAL BAYS HAVE PARAPET WALL WITH MOULDED BRICK COPING. THREE DOORWAYS WITH RUBBED BRICK SEGMENTAL ARCHES AND DRIP MOULDING; CENTER DOORWAY HAS ‘DUTCH’ PEDIMENT CARRYING A STONE SLAB INSCRIBED “A.D. 1900/T.S & H. COOPER/ALMS-HOUSES”. FLANK WALLS HAVE A SWEEPING CURVED PARAPET IN THE DUTCH MOTIF. FOUR TALL ORNATE CHIMNEY-STACKS WITH STAFFORDSHIRE BLUE ‘GOTHIC’ CHIMNEY-POTS.

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Record last edited

Feb 4 2003 12:00AM