1, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1974. Public house. 11 related planning applications.
1, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- cold-gable-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1974
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- 1, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information), 1-7, Week Street, ME14 1QW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 760 557
- Coordinates
- 51.27399, 0.52301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, located at 1 High Street, was formerly a public house known as 'The Gin Palace.' It dates from the mid-19th century and is three storeys tall, constructed of red brick with a slate roof featuring a bracket eaves cornice. The façade includes four sash windows set within Italianate architraves, and the first-floor windows are adorned with cornices and console brackets. A modern shopfront has been added. The elevation facing Week Street consists of five bays, with three of the first-floor windows featuring three lights. The building is listed for its group value, as it forms part of a group with Nos 1, 3, and 5 to 9 High Street.
Local climate
1, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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