WALPOLE HOUSE, KING'S SCHOOL

List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: WALPOLE HOUSE, KING'S SCHOOL

List entry Number: 1241505

Location

WALPOLE HOUSE, KING'S SCHOOL, 48, PALACE STREET

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County: Kent

District: Canterbury

District Type: District Authority

Parish:

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II*

Date first listed: 03-Dec-1949

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 440576

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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History

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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

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National Grid Reference: TR 15006 58007

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