Canterbury Buildings timeline

Place - in date order	Period of building	Comments
PRE 1000
Saint Martin's Church	From 597AD, but with even earlier (Roman) brickwork	A wonderful church - the oldest church in England still in use
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11TH CENTURY
Saint John Baptist Hospital, Northgate St. Johns Hospital - details	11th Century, with many later additions, particularly 16th century	The oldest poorhouse (hospital) still in use in England - founded 900 years ago. Set of photos
12TH CENTURY		^ Top
Cogan House	Originally 12th century, with wonderful carvings
Eastbridge Hospital	12th century hospital for pilgrims
13TH CENTURY		^ Top
Blackfriars	13th century	Remains of the old friary built on an island in the river
Palace Street, 8	13th century, with later additions	Unusual demons and decoration
14TH CENTURY		^ Top
Fyndon's Gate	1301	The Graet Gate of St. Augustine's Abbey
Ivy Lane	late 14th century	Old Wealden Hall House
15TH CENTURY		^ Top
Saint Radigund's Hall - Simple Simon's pub	15th century	Old Wealden Hall House, now a pub
67 Burgate	15th-16th century	Lots of wood carvings
16th CENTURY
Weavers, 1-3 St. Peter's Street	1500	Famous old house of the weavers, immigrant refugees. Interior and exterior photos.
43 St. Peter's Street	pre- 1600	Nice original windows
17TH CENTURY		^ Top
Westgate Grove	1500s - 1600s	A beautiful group of 16th and 17th century houses by the West gate of the city.
13 St. Peter's Street	Around 1600
Palace Street, 28 - King's School shop	1617	Leaning dangerously! Beautiful carvings
16 Watling Street	1625	Oldest brick building remaining in Canterbury
Longport - John Smith's Almshouses	1657	Almshouses for poor folk with beautiful Dutch gables
Best Lane 7-8	1600s	Modest townhouse with fine features
17 Palace Street Conquest House	mid 1650s ???	Where the knights who killed Thomas a Becket are supposed to have met to plan.
18TH CENTURY		^ Top
Union Street - King William pub	1700-1750?	Pub
12, The Friars	mid 1700s?	Canterbury Tales pub
Monastery Street	Around 1790	Example of mathematical tiles on first floor
1 Lady Wootton's Green	18th Century front	Beautful Adam style doorway and details
19TH CENTURY		^ Top
Saint Peter's Methodist Church	1811	Beautifully symmetrical church - includes history of Methodist chapels in Canterbury
Havelock Street	late 1800's	Small Victorian terrace
Saint Martins' Road	late 1800's/ early 1900's	Victorian style two-up, two-down
20TH CENTURY		^ Top
Saint Martin's Terrace	early 1900's	Built for prison officers - example of mock Tudor gables
Pretoria Road	early 1900's	Block of flats
Union Street	modern