Cathedral Choir School is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1949. A Medieval School. 6 related planning applications.
Cathedral Choir School
- WRENN ID
- cold-turret-cream
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1949
- Type
- School
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Cathedral Choir School, 18, the Cathedral Precincts, CT1 2EL
- OS grid reference
- TR 151 579
- Coordinates
- 51.2801, 1.0842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cathedral Choir School is a large L-shaped building that has developed over several periods. The north wing dates back to the 14th century and is constructed of squared flints. This section was originally the Table Hall for Christchurch Monastery and features four pointed windows with tracery and some very fine corbels.
The east-west wing is divided into two sections. The eastern half showcases a chequered pattern of stone and flints, with 15th-century windows made of stone and flints in the east gable end. A modern bay window has been added to the south front, supported by very fine 16th-century carved female brackets. The western half of the wing is from the late 17th century, consisting of two storeys and an attic built of plastered brick. It has a roof with two dormers, an eaves cornice, a stringcourse, and four casement windows.
Local climate
Cathedral Choir School 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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- Related listed building consents — 6 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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