CONQUEST HOUSE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1241437
- Date first listed:
- 03-Dec-1949
- Statutory Address:
- CONQUEST HOUSE, 17, PALACE STREET
Map
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- CONQUEST HOUSE, 17, PALACE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Canterbury (District Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 14992 58064
Details
1.
944 PALACE STREET
(West Side)
No 17
(Conquest House)
TR 1458 SE 2/47 3.12.49.
II* GV
2.
Outwardly a C16 timber-framed house restored, but the house dates from the early
years of the Norman Conquest. 3 storeys timber-framed with plaster infill.
Curved braces, Slated roofs. 3 restored mullioned and transomed windows, 1 of
them a bay through 2 storeys supported on carved brackets. The ground floor
has 2 recessed 3 light mullions and a continuous mullionedmd transomed bay of
8 lights. Right side doorcase has fine moulded spandrels. The interior has a C17
fireplace with plastered mantelpiece and panelling. Norman undercroft and fine Cll
galleried hall. In 1170 the 4 knights De Tracy, De Moreville, Fitzurse and
Le Breton divested themselves of their arms here before seeking an interview
with Becket in his palace, and then rearmed themselves for the murder,
Church of St Alphege and Nos 10 to 28 (cobsec) form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1499058064
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 440503
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing