The Barbican is a Grade I listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1950. A Medieval Gatehouse. 1 related planning application.
The Barbican
- WRENN ID
- nether-niche-rye
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1950
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Barbican, High Street, Sandwich, CT13 9EA
- OS grid reference
- TR 331 582
- Coordinates
- 51.27573, 1.34191
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Barbican is a structure likely originating from the late 14th century. It features two round towers with a base made of ashlar stone. The ground floor displays a chequered pattern of stone and flints, including loop windows. Access is provided through a semi-circular timber barrel roof situated between the towers, which is covered with tiles. The first floor has undergone modernisation; the southeast tower is clad in weather-boarding, while the northwest tower is finished with rough plaster resembling roughcast. Both towers are topped with conical tiled roofs. On the town side of the towers, there are two modern or modernised buildings constructed from rubble and brick, with weather-boarding on the first floor and a hipped tiled roof covering the entire area. Additionally, a small two-storey modern house has been added to the north side of the northwest tower, currently occupied by the toll collector. The Barbican, along with No 4 (Crispin Inn) and Nos 4 to 12 (even) Strand Street, forms a cohesive group.
Local climate
The Barbican 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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