The Cathedral Appeal Fund Office the Deanery is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1949. A C15 (tower) / C16 / C19 (facade) Building. 5 related planning applications.
The Cathedral Appeal Fund Office the Deanery
- WRENN ID
- rooted-rubble-wax
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1949
- Type
- Building
- Address
- The Cathedral Appeal Fund Office the Deanery, 20, the Cathedral Precincts, CT1 2EP
- OS grid reference
- TR 152 580
- Coordinates
- 51.28061, 1.08447
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Deanery is a large, long building that has evolved over several periods and was originally the Prior's Guest House. At the southern end, there is a 15th-century tower with four storeys, constructed from flint and topped with a castellated parapet. Adjacent to this is a section from the 16th century, which originally featured sash windows that were later inserted. This part was damaged by bombing and subsequently rebuilt to match its original appearance. It has two storeys made of flint and brick, with three gables; the centre gable has a second-floor window that is a bay of five lights, while the northernmost window is round-headed. To the north, there is another 15th-century section that includes a parapet and a buttress. The Cathedral Appeal Fund office, numbered 21, has two storeys and three windows. Its facade is primarily from the 19th century but includes a medieval four-centred stone arch. The building is constructed of flints with red brick dressings and quoins, and the glazing bars are intact. The Deanery and the Cathedral Appeal Fund office are part of a group that includes Nos 20 to 29A, Pilgrim's or Pentise entry attached to No 29, a wall in the garden of No 29, a wall and gatepiers between Nos 28 and 29, a gateway from Green Court, and the adjoining building, King's School Library and Norman Staircase.
Local climate
The Cathedral Appeal Fund Office the Deanery 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 — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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