20 and 20a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Commercial, historic inn. 1 related planning application.
20 and 20a, High Street
- WRENN ID
- moated-sandstone-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Commercial, historic inn
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- 20 and 20a, High Street, CT1 2JE
- OS grid reference
- TR 148 579
- Coordinates
- 51.27973, 1.07912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 20 and 20A on High Street is a building that originally formed part of the George Inn. It dates back to the 15th century and features a timber frame that was refaced in the 19th century. The building includes a medieval cellar and gallery. The exterior, which is early 19th century, consists of three storeys that are stuccoed, topped with an old tiled roof that has a bracket cornice and quoins. There are four sash windows with vertical glazing bars, set within Italianate architraves. This building is part of a group that includes the Public Library and Museum at the Beaney Institute, as well as Nos 20, 20A, 21, 24, and King's Bridge.
Local climate
20 and 20a, High Street 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 — 1 application
- 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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