Meister Omers is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1949. A C15 House. 5 related planning applications.

Meister Omers

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 December 1949
Type
House
Address
Meister Omers, 16, the Cathedral Precincts, CT1 2EN
OS grid reference
TR 152 579
Coordinates
51.27975, 1.08495
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Meister Omers is a building located within the Cathedral precincts, originally constructed in the early 15th century as a lodging for the Prior's guests. It was rebuilt in 1399 and decorated in the early 15th century, with later remodelling in the 19th century. The structure has two storeys and attics, featuring a flint-faced exterior with stone quoins. It has a steeply pitched tiled roof with five hipped dormers and includes buttresses. The windows are mullioned and transomed. Notable medieval features can be found in the south-west corner and at the back, including stone quoins, a blocked arch, and 15th-century windows. Inside, the building boasts Elizabethan wall paintings and is believed to have the widest medieval fireplace in England, measuring over 18 feet wide.

Local climate

Meister Omers 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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