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Maynard Road, CANTERBURY, CT1 3RH

Less pretty part of Canterbury

Even numbers 152 to 158 Wincheap are a mid 18th century row of houses. Constructed of red and grey brick under a tile roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1258057 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.

Thanington House, now The Canterbury Hotel, number 140 Wincheap, is a late 18th century building. Constructed of cement rendered brick, the ground floor rusticated. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1258050 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.

Numbers 160, 162 and 164 Wincheap are three early 19th century houses in red brick under a tile roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1258052 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 two-storey cottages are 19th-century, the larger houses from the 18th. Both are Grade II listed.

Traffic crawling along Wincheap on a damp Friday lunchtime. Looking SW towards the junction with the A2. There is an Esso petrol station to the right of the photo and the local shops are just out of the sight, further up on the left hand side next to the layby.

The 19th-century hotel, formerly Thanington House, is Grade II listed, as is the attractive 18th-century terrace beyond, Thanington Place.

Even numbers 126 to 136 Wincheap, Thanington Place, are an 18th century terrace of six houses. Constructed of red brick, some roughcast, some painted. Some roofs are old tiled, some cement tiles. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1259774 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.