22-26, The Cathedral Precincts is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1967. A Various periods Office. 24 related planning applications.

22-26, The Cathedral Precincts

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 May 1967
Type
Office
Address
22-26, The Cathedral Precincts, CT1 2ES
OS grid reference
TR 151 580
Coordinates
51.28105, 1.08407
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 22 to 26 on The Cathedral Precincts are located on the north side of Green Court. Originally, these buildings served as office spaces for Christchurch Priory, including facilities like the bakehouse, brewery, and granary. They are now part of King's School.

The range consists of three sections, with work from various periods, including modern restoration following bomb damage. The east section is constructed from flints and features two storeys and an attic, with six dormers and eight windows. It has a central gateway and a pointed arch to the west, along with one 15th-century window that has two cinquefoil-headed lights, two 18th-century sash windows, and modern tiled windows. There is a crenellated porch as well.

The centre section is recessed and also has two storeys and attics, made from flint and brick arranged in a diaper pattern. It features 19th-century windows with some mullions and transoms, an off-centre doorcase with a flat hood and brackets, and a six-panelled door. There are two gabled dormers in this section.

The west section is two storeys high, built from flint and brick in a diaper pattern, with an old tiled roof that has five hipped dormers and a parapet. It includes six buttresses and ten windows, as well as a recessed area supported by two stone columns.

These buildings form a group with Nos 20 to 29A, Pilgrim's or Pentise entry attached to No 29, a wall in the garden of No 29, a wall and gatepiers between Nos 28 and 29, a gateway from Green Court, and the adjoining buildings to the left, including King's School Library and the Norman staircase.

Local climate

22-26, The Cathedral Precincts 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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