The King's School Shop is a Grade II* listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1949. A Early Modern Shop.
The King's School Shop
- WRENN ID
- rough-floor-hyssop
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1949
- Type
- Shop
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- The King's School Shop, 28, Palace Street
- OS grid reference
- TR 150 581
- Coordinates
- 51.28165, 1.08191
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's School Shop is a 16th-century timber-framed house located at 28 Palace Street. It features plaster infilling that is grooved to resemble masonry, with the front almost entirely covered in plaster. The building stands four storeys tall, with each floor overhanging on finely carved grotesque brackets. The gable includes an attic window that contains one section of the original window. The house has mainly restored mullioned and transomed windows, and it boasts a fine 18th-century shop front with pilasters, panelled risers, and a doorcase. The side elevation has two casement windows. Notably, the entire house is leaning significantly to the north. The Church of St Alphege and Nos 10 to 28, which are consecutive, form a group with this building.
Local climate
The King's School Shop 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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