QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GUEST CHAMBER
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1260873
- Date first listed:
- 03-Dec-1949
- Statutory Address:
- QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GUEST CHAMBER, 44 AND 45, HIGH STREET
Map
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GUEST CHAMBER, 44 AND 45, HIGH 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 14893 57817
Details
1.
944 HIGH STREET
(South West Side)
Nos 44 & 45
(Queen Elizabeth's Guest Chamber)
TR 1457 NE 4/67 3.12.49.
II GV
2.
Originally the Crown Inn, Elizabeth I entertained the Duc d'Alencon here
in 1573. Late C16. 3 storeys and dormers with hipped tiled roof having
3 C18 hipped tiled dormers. The 2nd floor is pargetted to represent rusticated
masonry and has 3 sashes with glazing bars intact set in moulded architrave.
Flanking these are 2 plastered panels dating from 1663 with blank shields
surmounted by crowns and roses and thistles, There are 2 central panels
depicting a putto astride a barrel drinking wine, and bunches of grapes.
The 1st floor is partly plastered and partly timber-framed with herringbone
brick infill. This floor has continuous segmental-headed mullioned windows
with leaded lights and also 2 plastered bays with round-arched leaded lights.
The ground floor has later shop fronts. The interior has a fine plastered
ceiling on the lst floor with various motifs. This room was the Solar of
the Crown Inn in tile C16. Part of the staircase is original.
Nos 37 to 46 (consec), Nos 48 & 49 form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1488857804
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 439270
- 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
