26, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1976. House.

26, King Street

WRENN ID
sharp-corbel-moth
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
House
Address
26, King Street, Sandwich
OS grid reference
TR 330 580
Coordinates
51.27423, 1.34054
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

26 King Street is a timber-framed building, likely dating from the early 17th century, that is located behind a painted brick facade from the 19th century. The building features two sash windows with complete glazing bars on the first floor, and there are flat arches above these windows. A brick dentil course is present, along with modern shop fronts. This building is part of a group with Nos 24 to 28 (even).

Local climate

26, King Street 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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