The Close is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1980. Former workhouse. 25 related planning applications.
The Close
- WRENN ID
- haunted-chalk-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1980
- Type
- Former workhouse
- Address
- The Close, Union Road, Bridge, CT4 5NJ
- OS grid reference
- TR 179 543
- Coordinates
- 51.24674, 1.12161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Close, originally a workhouse, dates to 1835. It comprises a tall, two-storey central building in brick with a hipped Welsh slate roof, flanked by lower, two-storey side wings that extend to form a courtyard at the rear. The central section has five bays defined by pilasters, with three windows on the first floor in alternate bays. The ground floor features three windows, two of which are located in the outer bays. A centrally positioned, segmental-headed carriage entry, originally adorned with a keystone, is now blocked by two modern doors. The side wings have seven bays to the right and four bays to the left, each featuring segmental-headed windows with glazing bars and Welsh slate roofs. Within the courtyard, a chapel with a belfry separates the former male and female accommodation ranges.
Local climate
The Close receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 53 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 25 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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