Petersham House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1950. Residential. 2 related planning applications.

Petersham House

WRENN ID
odd-window-rain
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 May 1950
Type
Residential
Address
Petersham House, 50, King Street, Sandwich, CT13 9BB
OS grid reference
TR 331 580
Coordinates
51.27372, 1.34125
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Petersham House is a late 18th century, three-storey building located on the south-west side of King Street. It features three windows on both the first and second floors and is constructed of painted brick. The building has a wooden cornice with dentils at the eaves. The glazing bars are intact, except for those on the ground floor. The entrance includes pilasters, a pediment, a semi-circular fanlight, and a six-panel moulded door. The roof is tiled. Petersham House is part of a group with Nos 38 to 54 (even).

Local climate

Petersham House 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
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2020
  • 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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