Listed Building record TR 15 NW 1115 - 91 AND 92 ST DUNSTAN'S STREET

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1066 to 1799. 91 and 92 St Dunstan's St

Location

Grid reference TR 14549 58107 (point)
Map sheet TR15NW
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Description from record TR 15 NW 237:
Nos 91 and 92 St Dunstan's Street [TR 14555810 - sited from HHR map]. Grade II. Medieval timber-framed buildings refaced 18thc. (1-2)

The Canterbury UAD states that:
The Gun inn was originally sited at No 7 St Dunstan's Street, but was moved at some time during the 19th cebtury across the road to its present location at No 92 St Dunstan's Street. No 7 St Dunstan's was the site of a few inns, such as The Thorn at the end of the 19th century, and many years earlier there was The Greyhound.

Licensing lists and directories give the following as innkeepers;
1846 G Whiting
1848 Clara Newport
1862 James Dodd

The GUN closed in 1912. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 ST DUNSTAN'S STREET (South West Side)
Nos 91 & 92 TR 1458 SE 2/325
II GV
2. Mediaeval timber-framed buildings refaced in C18. 2 storeys painted brick. Attic storey to No 92 with 2 hips above. No 91 has 1 hipped dormer. Moulded stone parapet with rainwater head. 4 sashes in all with glazing bars intact, those to No 91 set in moulded architraves. Later shopfronts.
Nos 87 to 95 (consec), Garden Wall & gate piers to No 87 form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1454558104 (4)


<1> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 224 (OS Card Reference). SKE40057.

<2> Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57035 5 of 29 (OS Card Reference). SKE43890.

<3> Wilmot, E., 1992, Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29747.

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

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 224.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Hist Builds Survey Cant City Council/RCHME 57035 5 of 29.
  • <3> Monograph: Wilmot, E.. 1992. Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury.
  • <4>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #23965 Listed building, ]

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Record last edited

Feb 1 2022 12:32PM