Description from record TR 25 NW 54:
The Old Canonry and Canon Cottage, Grade II. One building. On the Salvage List called "Two houses opposite Church - Canon's Houses". In 1287 Archbishop John Peckham, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1279 to 1294, founded a College for a Master or Provost and four Canons here which was suppressed in 1547. This building, together with the Dog Inn adjoining and the Red Lion Hotel, were part of the buildings occupied by these Canons. 14th or 15th century. (For full description see list.) (1)

The Old Canonry and Canon Cottage (TR 2424 5740, sited from plan(2)), stand on the corner of School Lane facing Wingham House. The Old Canonry still retains its 1287 cellars, situated partly above ground. This house was restored in 1893 when a mullioned window and the old front doorway were discovered under plaster. Everything abovecellar level appears to be late 15th century. Canon Cottage which adjoins the Old Canonry, on its east side, is a lower building and is believed to contain more 1287 work than any of the other college buildings. It is timber-framed and stands on a raised flint undercroft in which are two small original stone windows.This house is of the greatest interest in that it shows the general low appearance of the original houses occupied by the canons and indeed most of the timbering, even the roof, appears to be 13th century. It is a very rare example of a building of this period with a cellar and a jettied upper storey. (2-4)

Additional bibliography. (5)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 2457 WINGHAM CANTERBURY ROAD (south side)
9/340 The Old Canonry 13.10.52 and Canon Cottage
GV I
House, sometime house pair. Circa 1285 and C15. Timber framed on flint under croft and exposed frame with plaster infill. Plain tiled roof. Two storeys to right. one storey and attic to left on flint base, with jetty on dragon post and brackets to right and returned to right side elevation. Pierced and enriched bargeboard to right-hand wing, and 2 hipped dormers to left with stacks to rear right. Three-light mullioned and transomed window on first floor, and 3 mullioned windows and 8-light mullioned and transomed shallow oriel to right on ground floor, with adjacent door of 7 glazed transomed lights with 3 base panels in four-centred arched surround, both C15 and only uncovered 1893 by removal of plaster. C20 boarded door at end left in arched doorway of 2 derns. Outshot at end left. Basement openings to centre. Right return with 2 wooden casements on each left. Basement openings to centre. Right return with 2 wooden casements on each fooor and rib and stud door in four-centred arched surround. Interior: the low left-hand wing appears to be an intact survival of the row of canons' houses for Wingham College, founded by Archbishop Peckham, 1282, and building from 1283 onwards. The undercroft, the jetty, and the sans-purlin roof are all of that date. The 2-storey range, although on a C13 undercroft is late C15, with contemporary panelling, and fine crown-post roof. The historical and architectural details for this and many other buildings in Wingham are to be found in A. Hussey, Chronicles of Wingham, 1896; E.W.Parkin, Arch. Can. XCIII, 1977; and an upublished thesis for Canterbury University by Dr. David
Listing NGR: TR2424657400 (7)

Listed Grade I. [Full architicetural description]. (6)

<1> MHLG 2067/aa/A 1960 55-56 (OS Card Reference). SKE47083.

<2> Arch Cant 93 1977 68-69 Photos Plan (EW Parkin) (OS Card Reference). SKE36161.

<3> Arch Cant 95 1979 179-204 Plans (EW Parkin) (OS Card Reference). SKE36205.

<4> The Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1983 500 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50133.

<5> Arch Cant 14 1882 50-52 (WA Scott Robertson) (OS Card Reference). SKE34720.

<6> DOE (HHR) Dist. Dover 26-Nov-1987 (128) (OS Card Reference). SKE40426.

<7> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.