Listed Building record TR 15 NE 699 - CHAPEL OF ST PANCRAS RUINS
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 1549 5775 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR15NE |
County | KENT |
District | CANTERBURY, KENT |
Civil Parish | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Description from record TR 15 NE 83:
[TR 15575774] St Pancras' Church [GT] (Remains of) [NAT]. (1) St Pancras Church, Canterbury, was excavated in 1900 by Hope who found an early structure built largely of Roman brick and consisting of a nave and an eastern apse which was replaced in the 14thc by a square chancel. Wm Thorne, a late 14thc chronicler, dated the first structure to 597 and the excavation tends to confirm this. (2-3) (See plan GP/F/54/83/3/(3) Scheduled. (4) St Pancras Church, as described and in good condition, is in the care of the MOW. (5) Additional bibliography. (6-13) Additional bibliography - not consulted. (14) St Pancras: A 7th century church, apparently never parochial, with 14th century rebuilt and enlarged chancel. (15) Nave, west porch and south porticus of 7th century church in Roman brick. Much of west porch north wall extant. Otherwise low walls remain. North porticus missing. Chancel rebuilt with rectangular plan14thc, with greater remains, especially east wall. Traces of original eastern apse. Originally part of St Augustine's Abbey. (16) Additional references. (17-23)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 MONASTERY STREET (East Side)
Remains of St Augustine's Abbey Chapel of St Pancras (Ruins) TR 1557 NW 5/152B TR 1557 NE 6/152B 3.12.49.
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2. The Abbey dates from 598 AD and was built for the monks who followed St Augustine from Rome, 3 churches were originally built on the side, the Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul, the Church of St Mary and the Church of St Pancras. Traces of the walls remain. They were built largely of Roman brick, 2 side chapels were built for burial, the Chapel of St Gregory contained the early archbishops, including St Augustine_and the chapel of St Martin containd the remains of King Ethelbert, Queen Bertha and their chaplain Bishop Liudhard. In 1049, Abbot Wulfric bridged the gap between the Abbey Church and the Church of St Mary with a Rotunda. Between 1070 and 1087, all the Saxon buildings were razed to the ground and a new church built. The north wall of the Norman nave is the best preserved part of the abbey, together with some column bases of the Crypt. The Chapel of St Pancras the 3rd of the C6 churches was built of Roman brick with Roman columns reused for the chancel arches, One wall of the west porch stands nearly to its full height.
Both the remains of St Augustine's Abbey and the Chapel of St Pancras are Scheduled AM.
Listing NGR: TR1547857821 (24)
Additional bibliography (25-26)
Historic england archive material: AL1197/080/03 A general view showing the remains of St Pancras Church AL1197/082/03 A general view showing the remains of St Pancras Church
<1> OS 1/2500 1957 (OS Card Reference). SKE48127.
<2> Arch Cant 25 1902 222-37 plan illusts (WH St J Hope) (OS Card Reference). SKE34881.
<3> Arch J 86 1930 279 plan (AW Clapham) (OS Card Reference). SKE36740.
<4> AM England & Wales 1961 59 (MOW) (OS Card Reference). SKE33020.
<5> F1 ASP 05-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE41940.
<6> Arch J 58 1901 220-222 402-433 (CR Peers) (OS Card Reference). SKE36658.
<7> Arch J 53 1896 313 (JT Micklethwaite) (OS Card Reference). SKE36647.
<8> Arch 77 1927 205-206 plan (AW Clapham) (OS Card Reference). SKE34451.
<9> Arch Cant 14 1882 103-112 illus (CF Routledge) (OS Card Reference). SKE34707.
<10> The Arts in Early England 2 1925 447 (G Baldwin Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE50095.
<11> Anglo Saxon Architect 3 1978 1098 (HM Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE33074.
<12> Arch of AS England 1976 163-4 167 175 (DM Wilson) (OS Card Reference). SKE36819.
<13> Med Arch 20 1976 163-4 182 (LE Webster & J Cherry) (OS Card Reference). SKE46748.
<14> Eng Ro Arch Before the Conquest 1930 19-21 plan (AW Clapham) (OS Card Reference). SKE41598.
<15> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 144 (OS Card Reference). SKE40001.
<16> Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57030 4 (OS Card Reference). SKE43861.
<17> Anglo-Saxon Archit I 1965 134-148 (HM Taylor J Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE33084.
<18> Arch J 84 1927 462 (RU Potts) (OS Card Reference). SKE36695.
<19> Arch Cant 46 1934 182 (RU Potts) (OS Card Reference). SKE35176.
<20> Md Arch 22 1978 26 plan (A Saunders) (OS Card Reference). SKE46620.
<21> St Augustine's Abbey DOE Handbook 1955 13-14 (A Clapham) (OS Card Reference). SKE49551.
<22> Arch Cant 100 1984 336 334-4 (M Sparks) (OS Card Reference). SKE34541.
<23> St Augustine's Abbey Eng Heritage Handbook 1988 31-32 plan (M Sparks) (OS Card Reference). SKE49577.
<24> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<25> Helen Geake, 1997, The use of grave-goods in conversion-period England, c.600-c.850 (Monograph). SKE54254.
<26> Dominic Tweddle, Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjolbye-Biddle, 1995, A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture, volume 4 : south-east England (OS Card Reference). SKE54614.
Sources/Archives (26)
- <1> SKE48127 OS Card Reference: OS 1/2500 1957.
- <2> SKE34881 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 25 1902 222-37 plan illusts (WH St J Hope).
- <3> SKE36740 OS Card Reference: Arch J 86 1930 279 plan (AW Clapham).
- <4> SKE33020 OS Card Reference: AM England & Wales 1961 59 (MOW).
- <5> SKE41940 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05-FEB-65.
- <6> SKE36658 OS Card Reference: Arch J 58 1901 220-222 402-433 (CR Peers).
- <7> SKE36647 OS Card Reference: Arch J 53 1896 313 (JT Micklethwaite).
- <8> SKE34451 OS Card Reference: Arch 77 1927 205-206 plan (AW Clapham).
- <9> SKE34707 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 14 1882 103-112 illus (CF Routledge).
- <10> SKE50095 OS Card Reference: The Arts in Early England 2 1925 447 (G Baldwin Brown).
- <11> SKE33074 OS Card Reference: Anglo Saxon Architect 3 1978 1098 (HM Taylor).
- <12> SKE36819 OS Card Reference: Arch of AS England 1976 163-4 167 175 (DM Wilson).
- <13> SKE46748 OS Card Reference: Med Arch 20 1976 163-4 182 (LE Webster & J Cherry).
- <14> SKE41598 OS Card Reference: Eng Ro Arch Before the Conquest 1930 19-21 plan (AW Clapham).
- <15> SKE40001 OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 144.
- <16> SKE43861 OS Card Reference: Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57030 4.
- <17> SKE33084 OS Card Reference: Anglo-Saxon Archit I 1965 134-148 (HM Taylor J Taylor).
- <18> SKE36695 OS Card Reference: Arch J 84 1927 462 (RU Potts).
- <19> SKE35176 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 46 1934 182 (RU Potts).
- <20> SKE46620 OS Card Reference: Md Arch 22 1978 26 plan (A Saunders).
- <21> SKE49551 OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey DOE Handbook 1955 13-14 (A Clapham).
- <22> SKE34541 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 100 1984 336 334-4 (M Sparks).
- <23> SKE49577 OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey Eng Heritage Handbook 1988 31-32 plan (M Sparks).
- <24> SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
- <25> SKE54254 Monograph: Helen Geake. 1997. The use of grave-goods in conversion-period England, c.600-c.850.
- <26> SKE54614 OS Card Reference: Dominic Tweddle, Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjolbye-Biddle. 1995. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture, volume 4 : south-east England.
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Protected Status/Designation
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Intrusive Event: ST AUGUSTINE'S ABBEY: ST PANCRAS' CHAPEL (Ref: EI 15542) (EKE4772)
- Intrusive Event: ST AUGUSTINE'S ABBEY: ST PANCRAS' CHURCH (Ref: EI 15540) (EKE4347)
- Intrusive Event: ST AUGUSTINE'S ABBEY: ST PANCRAS' CHURCH (Ref: EI 15544) (EKE4349)
- Intrusive Event: St Pancras Chapel (Ref: CAT: 118) (EKE13706)
Record last edited
Dec 20 2021 3:05PM