County Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1977. Hotel. 6 related planning applications.
County Hotel
- WRENN ID
- moated-moat-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1977
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- County Hotel, 30 and 31, High Street, CT1 2RX
- OS grid reference
- TR 148 578
- Coordinates
- 51.27952, 1.07884
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The County Hotel is a late medieval timber-framed building located at 944 High Street, on the site of a 12th-century stone house belonging to Jacob the Jew. The exterior was completely refronted in the early 20th century and consists of three storeys. The ground floor is faced with stone, while the upper two floors feature applied timbering with plaster infill. There are three projecting bay windows on both storeys, each topped with gables. The roof is hipped and tiled. The ground floor includes two mullioned and transomed windows with leaded lights, along with a large round-headed arch. The side elevation facing Stour Street is tile hung. Inside, the building retains the frame of a three-storey jettied late medieval house, showcasing some original window openings, curved braces, and dragon beams. Additionally, remnants of the 12th-century house can be found in the cellar.
Local climate
County Hotel 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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