WALPOLE HOUSE, KING'S SCHOOL

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1241505
Date first listed:
03-Dec-1949
Statutory Address:
WALPOLE HOUSE, KING'S SCHOOL, 48, PALACE STREET

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Location

Statutory Address:
WALPOLE HOUSE, KING'S SCHOOL, 48, 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 15006 58007

Details

1. 944 PALACE STREET (East Side)

No 48 (Walpole House, King's School) TR 1458 SE 2/51 TR 1458 SE 3/51 3.12.49.

II* GV

2. Late C18. 3 storeys and semi-basement red brick. Parapet with stone coping. stuccoed stringcourse. Northernmost window bay recessed with arcading over lst floor windows. Doorway up 5 steps with handrail on either side. Narrow window on either side of door, segmental fanlight, reeded frieze, and 6 panel moulded double doors. Footscraper. The rear elevation has a mediaeval portion which is the porch to the original Archbishop's Palace. 2 storeys flint and ashlar with buttresses. Sashes. Blocked in arch, The rest of the building has a curved bay and 3 sashes. Doorcase with rectangular fanlight and steps with wrought iron railings.

Nos 29 to 48 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: TR1500858008

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
440576
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

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Date: 22 Sep 2004
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