2, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. Residential.

2, King Street

WRENN ID
proud-buttress-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Type
Residential
Address
2, King Street, CT1 2AR
OS grid reference
TR 148 580
Coordinates
51.28072, 1.07985
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 2 King Street is an early 18th-century extension to No 1. It is two storeys high and has a colour-washed exterior. The building features an old tiled roof with one restored dormer. On the first floor, there is one sash window, while the ground floor has two sash windows. The entrance has a simple doorcase with a moulded architrave. No 2, along with No 1 and Nos 7 to 9 (consecutive), forms a group known as The Friars.

Local climate

2, King Street 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
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  1. 1, King Street Grade II 8 m
  2. 9, The Friars Grade II 12 m
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  5. 7, King Street Grade II 23 m
  6. 10, Orange Street Grade II 26 m
  7. Monastery Cottage Grade II 28 m
  8. 13 and 14, Orange Street Grade II 33 m
  9. 7, Orange Street Grade II 34 m
  10. 22 and 23, Best Lane Grade II 36 m