TQ 75 NE 46 - "The Dungeon" and Norman undercroft, Archbishop's Palace, Maidstone

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Listed Building record TQ 75 NE 46 - "The Dungeon" and Norman undercroft, Archbishop's Palace, Maidstone

Summary

The Dungeons at the Archbishop's Palace, a Grade II listed building, is a 14th century medieval stone outbuilding adjoining the Palace to the south-east, with an early Norman undercroft adjoining it. In 1989 trial excavations in the garden to the east of the Old Palace and north of the "Dungeon" exposed previously unknown foundations and walls and an assortment of finds. Summary from record TQ 75 NE 796: Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1066 to 1399

Location

Grid reference	TQ 7595 5541 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ75NE
County	KENT
District	MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish	MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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<1> OS 1:1250 1958 (OS Card Reference). SKE48176.

<2> MHLG 1368/11/A Maidstone MB Nov 1949 29 (OS Card Reference). SKE47074.

<3> F1 ASP 05.03.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41928.

<4> DOE (HHR) Dist of Maidstone Area Kent 2.8.74 74 (OS Card Reference). SKE40285.

<5> Bldgs of Eng-West Kent & the Weald 1980 406 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38157.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 45 - March, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3816.

<7> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1997, Maidstone: The Archiepiscopal Precinct (Heritage aspects of proposed works) (Unpublished document). SKE7372.

<8> Livett, G. M. Rev., 1899, Early-Norman Masonry At Maidstone (Article in serial). SKE11888.

<9> Maidstone Area Archaeological Group, 1989, Excavations at The Old Palace, Maidstone, 1989 (Unpublished document). SKE11887.

<10> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.

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<1> SKE48176 OS Card Reference: OS 1:1250 1958.
<2> SKE47074 OS Card Reference: MHLG 1368/11/A Maidstone MB Nov 1949 29.
<3> SKE41928 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05.03.64.
<4> SKE40285 OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Maidstone Area Kent 2.8.74 74.
<5> SKE38157 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng-West Kent & the Weald 1980 406 (J Newman).
<6> SKE3816 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 45 - March, 1964.
<7> SKE7372 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1997. Maidstone: The Archiepiscopal Precinct (Heritage aspects of proposed works).
<8> SKE11888 Article in serial: Livett, G. M. Rev.. 1899. Early-Norman Masonry At Maidstone. XXIV pages 91 - 95.
<9> SKE11887 Unpublished document: Maidstone Area Archaeological Group. 1989. Excavations at The Old Palace, Maidstone, 1989.
<10>XY SKE29372 Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. [Mapped feature: #19214 undercroft, ]

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Listed Building (II*) 1086309: THE DUNGEONS AT THE ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Intrusive Event: Excavations at The Old Palace, Maidstone (EKE8129)

Record last edited

Jul 8 2021 10:44AM