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Stour Street, CANTERBURY, CT1 2NR

Previously this was a Image but is, for the time being, a carpark. Planning permission was granted by Canterbury City Council under application numbers CA//11/00509 for the “demolition of existing former warehouse and erection of 12 almshouse flats, guest suite and community room with associated car parking” and CA//11/00904 for the “demolition of former warehouse”.

Numbers 6 and 6a Stour Street are a 16th or 17th century building refronted in the 18th century. Timber framed, the front in white brick, jettied to the street, all under a hipped tile roof. There is a through carriageway. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1259933 Canterbury is a small historic city on the River Stour in Kent, some 54 miles southeast of London. Occupied since prehistoric times, it became an important Roman city. In 672, the see of Canterbury gained authority over the entire English Church. After the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket at the cathedral in 1170, pilgrims from all parts of Christendom came to visit his shrine until the Dissolution. Today, Canterbury is a popular tourist destination and one of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom. The city has a substantial student population, with four university campuses.

The site is just beyond the white-painted house on the left. Planning permission has been granted by Canterbury City Council under application numbers CA//11/00509 for the “demolition of existing former warehouse and erection of 12 almshouse flats, guest suite and community room with associated car parking” and CA//11/00904 for the “demolition of former warehouse”. On the boards along the front of the site was a website address for Pierce Hill Property Services, which is a professional construction consultancy providing various building surveying and technical services throughout London and the south east of England. The road to the right is Jewry Lane.

In Stour Street, outside the former post office, stand this pair of K6 telephone boxes. Designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1393995 Canterbury is a small historic city on the River Stour in Kent, some 54 miles southeast of London. Occupied since prehistoric times, it became an important Roman city. In 672, the see of Canterbury gained authority over the entire English Church. After the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket at the cathedral in 1170, pilgrims from all parts of Christendom came to visit his shrine until the Dissolution. Today, Canterbury is a popular tourist destination and one of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom. The city has a substantial student population, with four university campuses.

The sight of the Old Brewery Tavern took me by surprise as this used to be part of the County Hotel. The 60s style brick building beyond is the city's main Post Office.