70 and 71, Castle Street is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1967. A Medieval House. 4 related planning applications.
70 and 71, Castle Street
- WRENN ID
- scarred-pilaster-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1967
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- TR 147 576
- Coordinates
- 51.27719, 1.0773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
70 and 71 Castle Street is a late 15th century timber-framed house that has been refronted but still features an overhang. The building stands two storeys tall, with the first floor faced with curved tiles and the ground floor made of brick. It has an old tiled roof and three 19th century sash windows. There are two early 19th century shopfronts and a central passageway. The rear elevation includes a brick extension with braces and is partially hung with curved tiles. This property is part of a group that includes Nos 68 to 77 and Nos 80 to 82.
Local climate
70 and 71, Castle Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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