Former Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II* listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1949. Church. 8 related planning applications.

Former Church of the Holy Cross

WRENN ID
sleeping-alcove-jet
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 December 1949
Type
Church
Address
Former Church of the Holy Cross, The Guildhall, St Peters Street, CT1 2DB
OS grid reference
TR 145 580
Coordinates
51.28128, 1.07571
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Guildhall, formerly the Church of the Holy Cross, is a 1381 building, with some 15th-century windows. It is constructed mainly of flint with stone dressings. The building features a south-west tower with a hipped tiled roof.

Local climate

Former Church of the Holy Cross 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 2010
  • Related listed building consents — 8 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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