1-8, MERCERY LANE (See details for further address information) is a Grade II* listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1949. Building.
1-8, MERCERY LANE (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- quiet-doorway-kestrel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1949
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 1-8, MERCERY LANE (See details for further address information), 8a
- OS grid reference
- TR 149 578
- Coordinates
- 51.27905, 1.08079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 to 8 Mercery Lane is a Grade II* listed building located on the west side of the street. This structure consists of two sections and was originally the Chequers Inn, which served as a hostel for pilgrims and had a dormitory with 100 beds. The building is three stories tall and features painted brick or plastered walls with a total of 13 windows. The shop fronts are modern.
The northeast section, which has six windows, dates from the 18th century and includes three curved bay windows on the first floor. The southwest section, with seven windows, comprises 14th-century timber-framed buildings that have an overhanging second floor. This section has 18th-century sash windows with intact glazing bars and one curved bay window on the first floor of each house.
Nos 1 to 8A, along with Nos 10 to 16 and Nos 38 to 44 Burgate, as well as Nos 1 to 9 Butchery Lane, form a group. Additionally, Nos 1 to 8A also group with Nos 1 and 2 High Street.
Local climate
1-8, MERCERY LANE (See details for further address information) 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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