This sketch copied from an illustration in The Illustrated London News, issued on 19 November 1864. Identifier: archaeologiacant24kent_0 (find matches)
Title: Archaeologia cantiana
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Kent Archaeological Society. cn
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Publisher: (London) Kent Archaeological Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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Through the kindness of Mr. Stephen Aveling I am enabled to give an illustration (Plate II.) of a portion of another interesting crypt formerly existing in Rochester, under the Crown Inn/* which stood on the south side of High Street, near the bridge. Symon Potyn, the founder of St. Catherines Hospital in that city, was master of the inn in 1316. Between the years 1860—1870 the famous hostelry, which * A plan of this crypt is given in the Gentlemans Magazine Supplement, 1789, plate i., p. 1185.
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MEDIAEVAL CRYPTS AT ROCHESTER. 223 had been the temporary resting-place of many Royal and distinguished personages for centuries, was demolished, but Mr. Aveling fortunately made a drawing of the undercroft a few hours before its final destruction. His sketch was subsequently reproduced in The Illustrated London News, but it will be none the less welcome at this distance of time to the members of our Society. Other crypts exist in Rochester to which allusion may be made, namely, that under The Old Vicarage, which originally formed part of Satis House, the home of Richard Watts, a great benefactor to the city. This undercroft probably extended beyond its present limit, ! but it now consists only of a single bay, with a quadripartite vault over ; the shell is of chalk ashlar, with stone ribs. ; Another example exists under the Peoples Cafe in High Street. This consists of a round-headed vault, built , entirely of chalk from the foundation. The chamber has been considerably reduced in size by alterations to the fabric above...

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