Greyfriars Monastery is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1949. Monastery. 2 related planning applications.
Greyfriars Monastery
- WRENN ID
- idle-gallery-crow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1949
- Type
- Monastery
- Address
- Greyfriars Monastery, Stour Street
- OS grid reference
- TR 146 578
- Coordinates
- 51.27897, 1.07683
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Greyfriars Monastery, located at 944 Stour Street, is a Grade I listed building. This structure is approached through the carriageway to No 6. It serves as the Custos's lodging and is uniquely built over the river Stour. At each end of the building, there are columns that rest on the riverbed, supporting two pointed arches that span across the river. These columns are believed to be made from stone salvaged from the part of the Cathedral that was burned in the 12th century. The building itself is constructed of flint, with some areas featuring patches of brick. On the southeast side, there are three buttresses. The site is also scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Greyfriars Monastery 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 — 2 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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