The Old Kings House is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1950. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Kings House
- WRENN ID
- half-wall-moth
- 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
- House
- Address
- The Old Kings House, 46, Strand Street, Sandwich, CT13 9EX
- OS grid reference
- TR 330 584
- Coordinates
- 51.27709, 1.33942
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Kings House is a 15th-century timber-framed house located on Strand Street. It has three storeys and features two windows facing the street. The side of the house that faces the garden is wider than the front. The southwest front, which faces the street, is now covered in red brick, except for the two gables that overhang on bressummers and brackets. The windows have been replaced with modern casements. The second floor of the southeast front facing the garden retains its original studded timber framing, while the ground and first floors have been built out in modern brick. Inside, the house boasts good quality panelling, a staircase, a roof, and plaster ceilings, all under a tiled roof. Historical accounts suggest that Queen Elizabeth I stayed here in 1573, and it is also noted that Henry VIII watched the departure of the fleet for the field of the Cloth of Gold from a garret window overlooking the Quay.
Local climate
The Old Kings 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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