Carter House is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1974. A C18 House. 2 related planning applications.
Carter House
- WRENN ID
- solemn-mullion-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Carter House, 9, South Street, Deal, CT14 7AW
- OS grid reference
- TR 377 525
- Coordinates
- 51.22235, 1.40391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Carter House is an L-shaped house from the 18th century, standing two to three storeys tall with an attic. The building has been refronted in cement and features a tiled roof with a curved gable and two dormers. It has a moulded eaves cornice and five sash windows on the south street elevation, along with two sash windows on the Middle Street elevation, both retaining their glazing bars. Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, a scholar, author, and friend of Dr. Johnson, lived here from 1762 until her death in 1806. Carter House is part of a group that includes Nos 2 to 16 (even) and Cheyne Cottage on Middle Street.
Local climate
Carter House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% 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 — 2 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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