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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 233 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Manorial Complex (Site of), Gravesend |
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Summary
Site of a manorial complex built between 1362 and 1368 by Edward III. The complex consisted of a hall and king's chamber, a chapel, a gatehouse, two houses next to the gate and as ancillary buildings a kitchen, three houses with latrines, two ovens and a bakery, two granges, a bridge and a wharf. A wall demolished in 1951 ipossibly may have been part of this site. T
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6470 7441 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BAKEHOUSE (Demolished (between) Medieval - 1368 AD to 1539 AD?)
- GATEHOUSE (Demolished (between) Medieval to Post Medieval - 1368 AD? to 1739 AD?)
- GREAT HALL (Demolished (between) Medieval - 1368 AD? to 1388 AD?)
- MANOR HOUSE (Demolished (between) Medieval - 1368 AD to 1390 AD?)
- PRIVY HOUSE (Medieval - 1368 AD to 1388 AD?)
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Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Article in serial: Hiscock, R. H.. 1990. "King John's Palace", Gravesend: Some Notes on a Riverside Edwardian Royal Manor House. Vol CVII Pages 193 - 205. Arch Cant CVII p 193-205 |
| <1> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1998. High Street, Gravesend: Site Inspection Report & Documentary Study. |
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