Listed Building record TR 15 NE 681 - LAVATORY TOWER

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1140 to 1180. Historically famous conduit head part of Prior Wibert's 1160's scheme for the monastery of Christ Church. The tower is essentially intact and there is reportedly survival of a masonary culvert known as Wiberts Great Drain together with a system of lead pipes in the precincts leading from the conduit house.

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Grid reference Centred TR 1512 5795 (5m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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<1> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 63 (OS Card Reference). SKE40123.

<2> OS 1:500 1874 (OS Card Reference). SKE48230.

<3> Trent and Peak Archaeological Unit, 2002, Water & Sewage Industries Step 3 Report, Kent %A (Unpublished document). SKE8085.

<4> John Newman, 1969, The Buildings of England: North East and East Kent, pages 219-220 (Monograph). SKE7874.

<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<6> Blockley, K., Sparks, M. & Tatton-Brown, T., 1997, Canterbury Cathedral Nave, Archaeology, History and Architecture (Monograph). SKE29723.

<7> Willis, R., 1868, 'The Architectural History of the Conventual Buildings of the Monastery of Christchurch in Canterbury' (Article in serial). SKE30206.

<8> Historic England, Archive material associated with Lavatory Tower at Canterbury Cathedral, Listed Building (Archive). SKE54624.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 63.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: OS 1:500 1874.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Trent and Peak Archaeological Unit. 2002. Water & Sewage Industries Step 3 Report. Kent %A.
  • <4> Monograph: John Newman. 1969. The Buildings of England: North East and East Kent. pages 219-220.
  • <5>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #352 Tower, ]
  • <6> Monograph: Blockley, K., Sparks, M. & Tatton-Brown, T.. 1997. Canterbury Cathedral Nave, Archaeology, History and Architecture.
  • <7> Article in serial: Willis, R.. 1868. 'The Architectural History of the Conventual Buildings of the Monastery of Christchurch in Canterbury'.
  • <8> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Lavatory Tower at Canterbury Cathedral, Listed Building.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Cathedral Precincts (Ref: CAT: 118) (EKE13623)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: MPP Step 3 Water & Sewage Industry (EKE5895)

Record last edited

Jan 4 2022 3:57PM