Tankerton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1977. Mansion. 3 related planning applications.

Tankerton Castle

WRENN ID
tenth-baluster-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1977
Type
Mansion
Address
Tankerton Castle, Tower Hill, CT5 2BS
OS grid reference
TR 113 671
Coordinates
51.36429, 1.03483
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tankerton Castle is a mid-19th century castellated mansion located on the south side of Tower Hill in Tankerton. It previously served as the offices of the Whitstable Urban District Council until 1973. The building incorporates a small structure known as Tankerton Tower, which was constructed in 1792, likely as a beacon with a dwelling attached. The tower is a squat octagonal shape with two storeys, built from flints and red brick. It features machicolation and a castellated parapet, along with a small rectangular section of linear elevation to the south. The windows are sash style with pointed heads, and the glazing bars remain intact.

Local climate

Tankerton Castle sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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