Remains of the Church of St George the Martyr Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1949. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.
Remains of the Church of St George the Martyr Tower
- WRENN ID
- turning-flagstone-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1949
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Remains of the Church of St George the Martyr Tower, St George's Street, CT1 2SS
- OS grid reference
- TR 151 576
- Coordinates
- 51.27744, 1.08279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of the Church of St George the Martyr, located at 1 St George's Street, date back to the 15th century. The structure is faced with flint and features stone quoins and dressings. It has a crenellated parapet, and the windows are restored lancets. A clock is supported by a stone bracket that includes a crouching figure. A plaque on the site indicates that the playwright Christopher Marlowe was baptized here in 1564.
Local climate
Remains of the Church of St George the Martyr Tower 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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