Building record TQ 73 NE 345 - The Bull Inn, Public House, Cranbrook, Kent

Summary

A building survey by Canterbury Archaeological Trust in January 2015 identified this site in Cranbrook as being the location of The Bull Inn from 1755.

Location

Grid reference TQ 7765 3604 (point)
Map sheet TQ73NE
County KENT
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish CRANBROOK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

A building survey by Canterbury Archaeological Trust in January 2015 identified this site in Cranbrook as being the location of The Bull Inn from 1755. (1)

This building was located in the premises of what had previously been named The White Horse Inn (See MKE97529). (1)

The report also notes the probable existence of an 18th century outbuilding of the Bull Inn. (1)

By the 19th century, Barnabas Taylor, a staunch conservative had converted the Inn into firstly a "Tory outpost" (1) and secondly a commercial Inn, which provided a base for commercial travellers to conduct business. (1) Taylor is also noted to have provided horses and carriages for hire and a stable building is noted to have existed.


<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2015, Former Cranbrook Engineering Works, Cranbrook, Kent, Interim report on the standing buildings (Unpublished document). SKE30900.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2015. Former Cranbrook Engineering Works, Cranbrook, Kent, Interim report on the standing buildings.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Former Cranbrook Engineering Works, Cranbrook, Kent, Interim report on the standing buildings (Ref: January 2015) (EKE14291)

Record last edited

Aug 20 2015 2:34PM