5, The Chain is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1976. A C18 Residential.

5, The Chain

WRENN ID
vast-cupola-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 1976
Type
Residential
Address
5, The Chain, Sandwich
OS grid reference
TR 331 580
Coordinates
51.27346, 1.34188
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 5 The Chain is a mid-18th century house featuring brick dentil eaves. It has two box sash windows with glazing bars that create 16 squares. The roof is tiled and includes a small hipped dormer. The entrance has a simple door casing surround and entablature, with a six-panel door that has the upper two panels glazed. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 23 (odd) and Nos 4 to 12 (even) on Church Street, St Clement, as well as No. 1 and the outbuildings at Millwall Place.

Local climate

5, The Chain 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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