Poor Priests Hospital is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1949. A Medieval Hospital. 2 related planning applications.
Poor Priests Hospital
- WRENN ID
- south-portal-magpie
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1949
- Type
- Hospital
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Poor Priests Hospital, 20a and 21a, Stour Street, CT1 2NR
- OS grid reference
- TR 147 577
- Coordinates
- 51.27867, 1.07747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Poor Priests Hospital, founded in 1217 and rebuilt in 1373, has undergone alterations and expansions since its original construction. The original part of the building is L-shaped and features two gables on the east side. It is constructed of flint with stone quoins and a stone base. There is one 14th-century window in the south gable, which has two cinquefoil-headed lights and a quatrefoil above it, while the other windows are modern.
To the south of the gable, there is a two-storey wing with six windows, where 18th-century sash windows with intact glazing bars have been added. This wing also includes a medieval doorway with a four-centred arch. The two southernmost window bays of this wing are made of red brick with gables above, while the rest is flint with stone window dressings. The flint portion appears to be entirely 18th-century on the outside, except for the pointed doorway. The brick section is timber-framed with brick infilling and has an overhanging first floor at the back.
Local climate
Poor Priests Hospital 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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