Grimshill is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1977. House. 5 related planning applications.
Grimshill
- WRENN ID
- fading-flue-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- Grimshill, 1, Borstal Hill, CT5 4LX
- OS grid reference
- TR 105 655
- Coordinates
- 51.34983, 1.02174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grimshill is a building from the 18th century with a front that belongs to an older house. It has two storeys and an attic, featuring three windows and two hipped dormers. The exterior is made of painted brick and includes Venetian shutters on the windows. There is a plain cornice at the top, while the porch and the lead light windows are modern additions.
Local climate
Grimshill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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