Slippery Sam's Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 October 1975. Inn.

Slippery Sam's Inn

WRENN ID
blind-step-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 October 1975
Type
Inn
Address
Slippery Sam's Inn, Stone Street, Petham
OS grid reference
TR 137 497
Coordinates
51.20665, 1.05833
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Slippery Sam's Inn is a timber-framed cottage that dates from the 17th century or earlier and was refaced with red brick in the 18th century. The building has two storeys and features a steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. It includes two casement windows and a modern gabled porch. Inside, there is an inglenook fireplace. Originally named Stone Street Farmhouse, it was renamed after a farmer nicknamed 'Slippery Sam', who was the leader of the smuggling group known as the Hawkhurst Gang.

Local climate

Slippery Sam's Inn 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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