Listed Building record TR 15 NW 1428 - ARNETT HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1832 Summary from record TR 15 NW 804: In 1941 there was a rest centre, with room for sixty persons rendered homeless by enemy action, in Arnett House on Hawk’s Lane. Summary from record TR 15 NW 972: Arnett House had been adopted as a fortified house by November 1940 - it proabaly already housed important military headquarters by this time. By about September 1941 a regimental aid post, serving No. 3 Group of the Canterbury Fortress garrison operated here. The Joint (military and civil-defence) Headquarters of Canterbury Fortress had moved here by the end of 1941.

Location

Grid reference TR 14809 57760 (point)
Map sheet TR15NW
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE15564.

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). SKE15565.

Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). SKE14844.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15566.

Canterbury Fortress headquarters, 01/01/42, War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1942 (Unpublished document). SKE15567.

Pigot & Co., 1828, Pigot & Co's. London and Provincial Directory (Article in serial). SKE29961.

Pigot & Co., 1832, Pigot & Co's. Commercial Directory (Article in serial). SKE29960.

Pigot & Co., 1840, Pigot & Co's. Royal, National and Commercial Directory and Topography of the County of Kent (Article in serial). SKE29962.

Steven's Directories, 1882, Steven's Directory of Canterbury and Neighbourhood, with Faversham, Herne Bay, Whitstable and all villages within a circuit of six miles from Canterbury. (Article in serial). SKE29959.

Pikes Directories, 1897, Pikes Local Blue Book for Canterbury and District, Herne Bay & Whitstable (Article in serial). SKE29958.

Kelly's Directory, 1931, Kelly's Directory of Canterbury, Whitstable, Herne Bay, & with map (Article in serial). SKE29963.

Enderby, H. M., 1950, The Inns of Canterbury Parts I & II, Lecture to the Canterbury Archaeological Society (Unpublished document). SKE29964.

Bennett, P., 1980, 68-69 Stour Street (Serial). SKE29956.

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

Bateman, S., 1995, One Small Part of Canterbury, A History of the SMAC's Area (Collection). SKE29957.

Sources/Archives (16)

  • --- Unpublished document: Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee. 01/01/39. Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6.
  • --- Digital archive: CBA Defence of Britain Project.
  • --- Unpublished document: Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee. 01/01/39. Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6.
  • --- Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/40. War Diary 43 Division General Staff.
  • --- Unpublished document: Canterbury Fortress headquarters. 01/01/42. War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1942.
  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • --- Monograph: Wilmot, E.. 1992. Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury.
  • --- Serial: Bennett, P.. 1980. 68-69 Stour Street.
  • --- Collection: Bateman, S.. 1995. One Small Part of Canterbury, A History of the SMAC's Area.
  • --- Article in serial: Pikes Directories. 1897. Pikes Local Blue Book for Canterbury and District, Herne Bay & Whitstable.
  • --- Article in serial: Steven's Directories. 1882. Steven's Directory of Canterbury and Neighbourhood, with Faversham, Herne Bay, Whitstable and all villages within a circuit of six miles from Canterbury..
  • --- Article in serial: Pigot & Co.. 1832. Pigot & Co's. Commercial Directory.
  • --- Article in serial: Pigot & Co.. 1828. Pigot & Co's. London and Provincial Directory.
  • --- Article in serial: Pigot & Co.. 1840. Pigot & Co's. Royal, National and Commercial Directory and Topography of the County of Kent.
  • --- Article in serial: Kelly's Directory. 1931. Kelly's Directory of Canterbury, Whitstable, Herne Bay, & with map.
  • --- Unpublished document: Enderby, H. M.. 1950. The Inns of Canterbury Parts I & II, Lecture to the Canterbury Archaeological Society.

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Jul 20 2015 2:58PM