Remains of St Mary Magdalen's Church Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1949. Church tower.

Remains of St Mary Magdalen's Church Tower

WRENN ID
watchful-flue-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 December 1949
Type
Church tower
Address
Remains of St Mary Magdalen's Church Tower, Burgate
OS grid reference
TR 151 577
Coordinates
51.27847, 1.08305
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of St Mary Magdalen's Church tower date back to 1503. The front elevation is faced with stone, while the sides are constructed of flint and rubble. The tower stands four storeys high and features lancet windows with foliated heads. The first floor has a double lancet window, and the ground floor includes a doorcase with decorated spandrels. There are 17th-century memorials present as well. The site is also a scheduled ancient monument.

Local climate

Remains of St Mary Magdalen's Church 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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