In 2009 Canterbury Archaeological Trust excavated a large Roman town house on the western part of the Marlowe Theatre site. It was situated on what would have been a peninsula overlooking the river. Up to five rooms and a corridor were partially excavated. One of the rooms had a hypocaust. A wooden threshold was found preserved in the waterlogged conditions. Fragments of painted wall plaster were found; colours included white, red, blue, black and yellow. The building was modified and perhaps went out of use in the later Roman period. (1)

<1> Weekes, J., 2012, Canterbury Archaeological Trust Interim Reports, Archaeologia Cantiana CXXXII 2012: 291-293 (Article in serial). SKE25119.