The School Canteen is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. School canteen.
The School Canteen
- WRENN ID
- white-groin-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1984
- Type
- School canteen
- Address
- The School Canteen, School Hill, Chilham
- OS grid reference
- TR 068 535
- Coordinates
- 51.24361, 0.96232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The School Canteen is a building that serves as a school canteen, dating from the 17th century and the 20th century. It features a restored close-studded timber frame with red brick infill, tile hanging, and a plain tile roof. The structure is two stories high and has a projecting floor jetty, a hipped roof with gablets, and three framed bays. The central entrance consists of a plank door with a side light, and there is another plank door to the right on the first floor, accessed by a red staircase and located within a gabled timber porch. This building is included in the register for its group value only.
Local climate
The School Canteen receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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