Listed Building record TR 15 NE 728 - ST JOHN'S BOARD SCHOOL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1876 to 1876

Location

Grid reference TR 1514 5832 (point)
Map sheet TR15NE
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 ST JOHN'S PLACE
St John's Board School TR 1558 SW 3/665
II
2. Dated 1876. 2 storeys buff brick, Pedimented stone dressings, 3 round headed sashes. Stringcourse. Ground floor has 2 sashes and a doorcase set in a wide moulded architrave. 3 sashes on side elevation.
Listing NGR: TR1514358323

Historic building recording was carried out at the site in 2016. The report describes the building as a "two storied rectangular shaped building with a slate pitched roof and hipped to the rear... fronted by a classical facade topped by a brick built triangular pediment framed by a moulded stone raking cornice embellished on the pediment with a stone rectangular plaque carved with an inscription in capital letters ‘ St. JOHN’S BOARD SCHOOL 1876’" (from the original report, 2).


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

<2> Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 2017, Historic Building Recording Of St John’s Board School, St John’s Place, Canterbury, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE56745.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company. 2017. Historic Building Recording Of St John’s Board School, St John’s Place, Canterbury, Kent.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic building recording of St John’s Board School, St John’s Place, Canterbury, 2016 (EKE23854)

Record last edited

Jul 11 2025 9:03AM