Description from record TR 15 NW 60:
Nos 1 & 2 High Street. (TR 14935780 - OS 1:2500 1957). Grade II*. Formerly the Chequers Inn which contained a dormitory of 100 beds and was 1 building with Nos 1-9 Mercury Lane adjoining (TR 15 NW:68). A large C14 timber-framed building altered in the C18 and in modern times. 3 storeys and attic. First and 2nd floors overhang and are supported on heavy wooden brackets. 4 windows facing the High Street.2 windows facing Mercery Lane. 2 dormers. C18 sash windows and glazing bars missing but some remains of timber cusp-head windows. On the ground floor there is a stone arcade with the cognizance of the Black Prince on the corner post. Modern shop fronts. (1) [TR 149578] Chequers Inn [NR] (on foundation of) [NAT]. (2) Forum courtyard metallings were observed in the basement of No. 2 High St. (Hilton's shoe shop). (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 HIGH STREET (North East Side)
Nos 1 & 2 TR 1457 NE 4/62 3.5.67.
II* GV
2. Formerly the Chequers Inn which contained a dormitory of 100 beds and was 1 building with Nos 1-9 Mercury Lane adjoining. A large C14 timber-framed building altered in the C18 and in modern times. 3 storeys and attic. First and 2nd floors overhang and are supported on heavy wooden brackets. 4 windows facing the High Street. 2 windows facing Mercery Lane. 2 dormers. C18 sash windows with glazing bars missing but some remains of timber cusp-headed windows. On the ground floor there is a stone arcade with the cognizance of the Black Prince on the corner post. Modern shop fronts. Forms a group with Nos 1 to 8A (consec) Mercery Lane.
Listing NGR: TR1493957802 (4)

<1> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 98 (OS Card Reference). SKE40150.

<2> OS 1:500 1873 (OS Card Reference). SKE48229.

<3> CAT Annual Report, 1986-7. (OS Card Reference). SKE38706.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.