The following text is from the original listed building designation:

1. 5273 CANTERBURY ROAD (East Side) Herne Bay
No 203 (The Priory) TR 16 NE 6/68 29.9.51.
II GV
2. An early C19 house. 2 storeys brown brick. Tiled roof, the main portion having a parapet 1 window bay to the south, which seems added, without a parapet. Glazing bars intact. 2 canted bays of 3 windows each on the ground floor. These and the 1st floor windows have pointed heads within a square frame, giving a Gothic effect. Pointed doorway in moulded architrave surround with keystone over. 2 storey extension to the north of brown brick, having 3 sashes with glazing bars intact.
No 195 and 197 (Nos 1 and 2 Laurel Cottages), Little Cottage and No 203 (The Priory) form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1809866953

Description from record TR 16 NE 1262:
From mid May 1940, the ‘Headquarters’ Company of the 8 Royal Fusiliers occupied ‘The Priory’ on Canterbury Road. The Battalion headquarters were nearby, at Herne Bay College. The company will immediately have begun digging slit-trenches in the grounds. The 8 Royal Fusiliers left the district in November. Any subsequent use of the house is as yet unclear.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : unknown
Date of visit :

8 Royal Fusiliers 1940, 01/01/40, War Diary 8 Royal Fusiliers 1940 (Unpublished document). SKE15063.