17, The Cathedral Precincts is a Grade II* listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1949. House. 5 related planning applications.

17, The Cathedral Precincts

WRENN ID
dark-shingle-elm
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 December 1949
Type
House
Address
17, The Cathedral Precincts, CT1 2EW
OS grid reference
TR 152 579
Coordinates
51.28002, 1.08475
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 17, The Cathedral Precincts, is a large L-shaped house dating from the 18th century. It has two storeys and attics, constructed of red brick, with a tiled roof featuring three dormers that have curved pediments. A brick parapet runs along the top, and there is a stone stringcourse above each floor. The house has seven sash windows with intact glazing bars. The entrance features a doorcase with a flat hood supported by scrolled console brackets, a rectangular fanlight, and a six-panelled door. The end of the south wing has been altered in the 19th century, with a bay window added on both floors.

Local climate

17, The Cathedral Precincts 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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