Wall and Gatepiers Between Nos 28 and 29 is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. Wall, gatepiers.

Wall and Gatepiers Between Nos 28 and 29

WRENN ID
roaming-buttress-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Type
Wall, gatepiers
Address
Wall and Gatepiers Between Nos 28 and 29, the Cathedral Precincts
OS grid reference
TR 151 580
Coordinates
51.28106, 1.08316
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall and gatepiers located between Nos 28 and 29 in the Cathedral Precincts are of historic significance. They feature reused medieval masonry, with a base made of diapered stone and flint, and brickwork above that includes some Georgian bricks along with modern bricks. The structure includes two restored brick gatepiers topped with two modern urns. This wall and gatepiers are part of a group that also includes Nos 20 to 29A, the Pilgrim's or Pentise entry attached to No 29, the wall in the garden of No 29, the Gateway from Green Court, and the adjoining building to the left, which is the King's School Library and Norman staircase.

Local climate

Wall and Gatepiers Between Nos 28 and 29 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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