Church of St Cosmus and St Damian is a Grade II* listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1967. Church. 9 related planning applications.
Church of St Cosmus and St Damian
- WRENN ID
- muted-stone-honey
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Cosmus and St Damian, Tyler Hill Road, Blean, CT2 9HU
- OS grid reference
- TR 129 606
- Coordinates
- 51.30528, 1.05309
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Cosmus and St Damian is a 13th-century church with significant alterations from 1866. It is constructed of flint with stone quoins and has tiled roofs. The church consists of a chancel and nave, with a bell gable at the west end, a north aisle, and a south porch. The chancel and nave date to the 13th century and retain later windows. The north aisle and south porch were added in 1866. The nave has a crown post roof. The churchyard contains 18th-century headstones, some featuring skull, cherub, or cherub and trumpet motifs, along with 19th-century oval headstones.
Local climate
Church of St Cosmus and St Damian 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 — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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