Queen Elizabeth's Guest Chamber
44 - 45 High Street
Canterbury
Kent
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.
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Queen Elizabeth's Guest Chamber
44 - 45 High Street
Canterbury
Kent
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.
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/126087...