1 and 2, High Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1967. A Historic Inn. 12 related planning applications.
1 and 2, High Street
- WRENN ID
- knotted-keep-umber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1967
- Type
- Inn
- Period
- Historic
- Address
- 1 and 2, High Street, CT1 2SE
- OS grid reference
- TR 149 578
- Coordinates
- 51.27882, 1.08053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 and 2 High Street, formerly the Chequers Inn, is a significant building that originally housed a dormitory with 100 beds. It is a large 14th-century timber-framed structure that has been altered in the 18th century and more recently. The building stands three storeys high with an attic, featuring overhanging first and second floors supported by heavy wooden brackets. There are four windows facing High Street and two windows facing Mercery Lane, along with two dormers. The 18th-century sash windows have missing glazing bars, but some remnants of timber cusp-headed windows can still be seen. The ground floor includes a stone arcade with the emblem of the Black Prince on the corner post, although modern shop fronts have been added. This building forms a group with Nos 1 to 8A Mercery Lane.
Local climate
1 and 2, High Street 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 — 2 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 12 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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