Prior's Chapel is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. Chapel.

Prior's Chapel

WRENN ID
lost-step-yew
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Type
Chapel
Address
Prior's Chapel, the Cathedral Precincts
OS grid reference
TR 151 579
Coordinates
51.28007, 1.0835
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Prior's Chapel is located within the Cathedral Precincts and dates back to the 17th century. The only remaining part of the chapel is the open undercroft, which has been incorporated into the brick library known as the Hawley Garrison Library, built in 1660.

Local climate

Prior's Chapel 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Wolfson Library Grade I 11 m
  2. Lavatory Tower Grade I 15 m
  3. Wall Between No 18 and the Cathedral Grade II 25 m
  4. Dark Entry Grade I 36 m
  5. Chapter House to Christchurch Cathedral Grade I 40 m
  6. Prior Sellinge Gate Grade I 41 m
  7. Library to Christchurch Cathedral Grade I 45 m
  8. Water Tank Situated in Front of No 18 Grade II 48 m
  9. Cathedral Choir School Grade I 49 m
  10. Paving in Front of Number 18 Grade II 54 m