East Kent Sessions House is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1967. Court house. 2 related planning applications.

East Kent Sessions House

WRENN ID
peeling-jade-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 May 1967
Type
Court house
Address
East Kent Sessions House, Longport
OS grid reference
TR 156 577
Coordinates
51.27782, 1.09089
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The East Kent Sessions House, built in 1808 by George Byfield, is a two-storey building faced with Portland stone ashlars. It features a cornice and a parapet, with five windows. The central window bay and doorway are flanked by a Doric column and a pilaster on each side, supporting an entablature. The glazing bars are intact. The double doorcase includes pilasters, a flat hood, and a rectangular fanlight. The architrave is decorated with fasces and the Phrygian Cap. The building has group value with the wall and railings associated with the Sessions House.

Local climate

East Kent Sessions House 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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