294, ST MARGARET'S BANKS (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1970. House. 5 related planning applications.

294, ST MARGARET'S BANKS (See details for further address information)

WRENN ID
salt-transept-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 February 1970
Type
House
Address
294, ST MARGARET'S BANKS (See details for further address information), ME1 1HS
OS grid reference
TQ 748 679
Coordinates
51.384, 0.51144
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 294 on Rochester High Street is a house that has been converted into a shop. It dates from the mid-18th century and features a timber frame with weatherboarding and a tiled Mansard roof. The building is single-depth with a single-storey outshut and has two storeys plus an attic. The front facade consists of a single-window range, which includes a 2-light dormer window and an 8-pane hornless sash window set in a raised surround with a moulded cornice. The shop front, dating from around 1900, includes console brackets, while the modern plate-glass windows are set above a brick plinth. At the rear, there is a stack and an outshut covered by a Welsh slate roof.

Local climate

294, ST MARGARET'S BANKS (See details for further address information) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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