Description from record TR 15 NW 355:
Nos 7 and 8 Sun Street, The Sun Hotel. [TR 14945787 sited from OS 1/1250 1974]. Grade II. Stated to have been built in 1503. No 9 Sun Street. Grade II. A continuation of the Sun Inn. A timber-framed building. (1) Nos 7 & 8, 16th century timber-framed building. No 9, probably 16th century. (2) 7-9 Sun Street formerly the "Sun Hotel" - medieval. An established date of 1503 is painted onto the building, but the details would not suggest such a late date. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 SUN STREET (West Side)
Nos 7 and 8 (The Sun Hotel) TR 1457 NE 4/39 3.12.49.
II GV
2. Stated to have been built in 1503. Timber-framed building plastered over. 2 storeys. Restored tiled roof. Stone coping. 3 sashes with glazing bars intact. Overhang. Ground floor has 2 3-light canted bays, 1 with panelled riser. Doorcase with rectangular fanlight.
Nos 1 to 9 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1495357871 (4)

<1> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 271 (OS Card Reference). SKE40084.

<2> Historic Buildings Survey City of Canterbury/RCHME 57035 29 of 29 (OS Card Reference). SKE44074.

<3> CAT Ann Rep 8 1983-4 45 illus (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE38696.

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