Cloister to Christchurch Cathedral is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1949. Cloister.

Cloister to Christchurch Cathedral

WRENN ID
riven-jamb-onyx
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 December 1949
Type
Cloister
Address
Cloister to Christchurch Cathedral, the Cathedral Precincts
OS grid reference
TR 150 579
Coordinates
51.28017, 1.08217
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cloister to Christchurch Cathedral was originally the Great Cloister of the monastery of Christ Church. It was rebuilt under Prior Chillenden between 1390 and 1411. The cloister features lierne vaults adorned with very fine heraldic bosses.

Local climate

Cloister to Christchurch Cathedral 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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