4, Best Lane is a Grade II* listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1967. A C15 House. 1 related planning application.
4, Best Lane
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-obsidian-briar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1967
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- TR 148 579
- Coordinates
- 51.28039, 1.07953
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 4 Best Lane is a 15th-century timber-framed building that was refaced in the 18th century. It has three storeys, with the ground floor made of painted brick and the upper floors covered in cement render. The roof has coping. On the second floor, there are four sash windows with intact glazing bars. The first floor features two three-light bays and a bressumer. The ground floor includes two three-light sash windows and a double doorcase with moulded architraves and altered doors. The side elevation has one sash window set in a cambered arch and is faced with red brick. Inside, the building has a king-post roof, some 18th-century panelling, and a fine late 18th-century Adamesque fireplace decorated with swags and paterae. Nos 3 to 12 Best Lane form a group.
Local climate
4, Best Lane 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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