Listed Building record TR 15 NW 1336 - 22 AND 23 BEST LANE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1732

Location

Grid reference TR 1487 5797 (point)
Map sheet TR15NW
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 BEST LANE (South East Side)
TR 1457 NE 4/279 Nos 22 and 23 3.5.67.
II GV
2. An early C18 pair. 3 storeys painted brick. Parapet with stone coping. Dropped stone bracket cornice, Rainwater head. Second floor has 4 casements. First floor has 5 sashes (1 is 3 light) some with glazing bars intact. 2 stringcourses, one being a flint band, Plinth. Left side doorcase has a weatherhood and brackets, rectangular fanlight and later door. 2 stone steps. Right side doorcase has a elliptical fanlight wooden architrave and 3 stone steps, Central cambered passageway with brick keystone. Side elevation has 1 sash and 1 blank.
Nos 16A to 20 (consec), Nos 22 and 23 form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1488057978

Imported from the Canterbury UAD.
No 23 appeared to have been a short lived inn called the Elephant and Castle at the Orange Street corner of Best Lane.
Established in 1840, the first mentioned innkeeper was Stephen Morrell 1844-1846.
There appears to be no record after 1865.


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

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

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • --- Monograph: Wilmot, E.. 1992. Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: 7 Orange Street, Canterbury (Ref: CAT: 115) (EKE14053)

Record last edited

Jul 14 2015 1:56PM