29a, The Cathedral Precincts is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. A Post-war House. 2 related planning applications.

29a, The Cathedral Precincts

WRENN ID
shadowed-merlon-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
29a, The Cathedral Precincts, CT1 2EP
OS grid reference
TR 151 580
Coordinates
51.28062, 1.08315
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

29A The Cathedral Precincts is a building that was constructed as part of the Archdeacon's house and includes genuine medieval work, dating from around 1950. It is 2 to 3 storeys high, faced with flint and featuring some brick and stone end quoins. The building has two cambered sash windows and a medieval arch with a two-storey oriel window above.

This property, along with Nos 20 and 29A, forms part of a group that includes Pilgrim's or Pentise entry attached to No 29, a wall in the garden of No 29, wall and gatepiers between Nos 28 and 29, a gateway from Green Court, and the building adjoining to the left, which is the King's School Library with a Norman staircase.

Local climate

29a, 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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Nearby listed buildings

  1. The Archdeacon of Canterbury's House Grade I 27 m
  2. Library to Christchurch Cathedral Grade I 47 m
  3. Wall and Gatepiers Between Nos 28 and 29 Grade II 48 m
  4. Prior Sellinge Gate Grade I 49 m
  5. Wall in Garden of No 29 Grade II 53 m
  6. Dark Entry Grade I 54 m
  7. Lavatory Tower Grade I 56 m
  8. Remains of Cellarer's Hall in Archbishop's Palace Garden Grade I 62 m
  9. Wolfson Library Grade I 63 m
  10. Chapter House to Christchurch Cathedral Grade I 63 m