Historic Buildings in Kent

On 29 December 1170 four knights, Reginald FitzUrse, Hugh de Moreville, William de Tracy, and Richard le Breton, met at a house near Canterbury Cathedral to plan what they would do on the morrow. Whatever plan they discussed, the result was the murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, a deed which changed the course of history and certainly changed the fortunes of Canterbury itself. The place where the knights met is reputed to be Conquest House on Palace Street.
17 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent, England, CT1 2DZ

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Dungeness Old Lighthouse is a Grade-I listed lighthouse standing in an exposed position on the vast shingle expanse of Dungeness. The shingle posed a serious threat to shipping, and there has been a lighthouse here since 1615 when James I granted a license to erect a 35-foot high wooden tower on the spot.
Romney Marsh, Dungeness, Kent, England, TN29 9NB

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Dymchurch Martello Tower is a 30-foot high artillery tower built during the Napoleonic period as part of a string of defensive fortifications along the south coast. It took half a million bricks to build the tower, which is number 24 of an original 79 towers stretching along the coast of Kent into Sussex. It has now been restored to its original condition.
Hythe Road, Dymchurch, Kent, England, TN29 0TJ

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The ruins of a Saxon chapel stand in a farm field outside Faversham. The chapel is unique in that it is the only known Christian site in Britain to contain within it a 4th-century Roman pagan mausoleum.
London Road, Ospringe, Faversham, Kent, England

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Heritage Highlight: A Roman pagan mausoleum lies within the ruins

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Fyndon Gate is the original gatehouse to St Augustine's Abbey. It was rebuilt from 1301-1309 by Abbot Fyndon. In 1625 Charles I and Henrietta Maria stayed in the State Chambers over the gateway arch on their wedding night, following their marriage in Canterbury Cathedral. Elizabeth I is also reputed to have been welcomed to the State Chambers.
Lady Wootton's Green, Monastery Street, Canterbury, Kent, England

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Heritage Highlight: Charles I may have spent his wedding night in chambers over the gate

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Greyfriars Chapel is the only remaining part of a Franciscan friary established in 1267. Greyfriars (named for the grey habits of the Franciscan order of monks) was the first Franciscan monastery in England.
6a Stour Street, Canterbury, Kent, England, CT1 2NR

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Down House is a simple 18th-century house where naturalist Charles Darwin and his family lived and where he wrote his groundbreaking work 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection'. The house has been restored to the way it was when Darwin lived here.
Down House, Luxted Road, Downe, Kent, England, BR6 7JT

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Horne's Place Chapel is an unusual 14th-century private chapel built by William Horne around 1366. The chapel was originally attached to Horne's manor house and is the oldest part of the present manor. It is built of Kentish ragstone rubble under a tile roof.
Apledore, Kent, England, TN26 2AL

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Heritage Highlight: 14th century private chapel

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The House of Agnes is a beautiful half-timbered medieval coaching inn just outside the old city walls of Canterbury. It takes its name from the character Agnes Wickfield, in the novel David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens. Dickens set several scenes from the novel in this inn, which dates to the 13th century.
71 St Dunstan's Street, Canterbury, Kent, England, CT2 8BN

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Heritage Highlight: Beautiful half-timbered building mentioned by Charles Dickens.

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King's School can make a good claim to be the oldest school in Britain. There was almost certainly a school established by St Augustine shortly after his arrival in Kent in AD 597. Initially, that school would have served primarily to train priests, but by the late 7th century the school had attained a reputation for learning that drew scholars from across Britain.
25 The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent, England, CT1 2ES

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Heritage Highlight: 12th century Norman Staircase

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