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Vintage souvenir brochure for the Cathedral Gate Hotel and Restaurant located in The Precincts at Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom.
Front cover design: Single-color green illustration of the Cathedral Gate frontage and adjoining buildings with the caption "Souvenir Brochure" and hotel titling "Cathedral Gate Hotel and Restaurant The Precincts Canterbury (20 bedrooms)." Additional front text lists telephone numbers for Hotel 64381 and Restaurant 62800 and the tagline "Used by Canterbury Pilgrims since the days of Chaucer."
Back panel titled "How To Get There" presents a stylized street map of central Canterbury showing landmarks such as the Cathedral, Cathedral Gate Hotel, Christ Church Gate, Westgate Towers, Greyfriars, cinema, multi-storey car park, and bus station, along with traffic notes for access to the hotel and cathedral.
Publisher and printing information along the lower back edge reads "Kent County Printers Canterbury Herne Bay," identifying the regional printer responsible for the brochure.
Interior left panel describes guest accommodations, noting that all rooms have hot and cold water wash basins and are equipped with a small electric cooker for self-catering if desired. A "Tariff" table lists room rates in decimal British currency for Top Floor, Other Rooms, and Rooms with Private Bath or Shower and Toilet, with examples such as £2.20 single / £3.30 double for top floor and £3.30 single / £5.50 double for rooms with private bath plus 10% service.
Further interior text states that quoted rates include an overnight tray with coffee and tea, that all meals are available in the restaurant with residents' full English breakfast priced at 50p, that the premises are licensed for wines and spirits, and asks guests booking double rooms to specify preference for twin beds or a double bed.
Interior right panel headed "The Cathedral Gate Hotel – Canterbury – Kent" offers "Snippets from old Documents" in a dated timeline format, beginning with references from 866 and 900 through the Middle Ages and later centuries, highlighting the long tradition of hospitality on the site, its use by pilgrims visiting Canterbury Cathedral, and associations with historic figures and ecclesiastical officials.
The historical notes emphasize the continuity of the inn and lodging house near the cathedral gate, changes in ownership and usage over the years, and the connection between the Cathedral Gate Hotel and the broader story of Canterbury pilgrimage from the era of Chaucer onward.
Audience and use: Produced as a promotional souvenir brochure and information piece for guests and visitors to the Cathedral Gate Hotel, of interest to collectors of Canterbury and Kent hotel ephemera, English pilgrimage and cathedral tourism memorabilia, and mid-20th-century British travel advertising.
Special notes: Original Cathedral Gate Hotel souvenir brochure with illustrated cover, interior tariff details, and historical timeline text; see photos and condition notes for information about this specific copy.
