The Masters House is a Grade II* listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1951. A Medieval House. 2 related planning applications.
The Masters House
- WRENN ID
- low-rood-sienna
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1951
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Masters House, College Street, ME15 6YQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 760 553
- Coordinates
- 51.27008, 0.52176
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Masters House, originally the Master's House to the College, dates back to the 14th century with alterations made in the 18th century and the addition of modern windows since then. It is constructed from Kentish ragstone and features two storeys and attics. The roof is tiled and has three hipped dormers with casements that have small square leaded panes. The building has a moulded wooden eaves cornice and a gable at the south end of the front. On the ground floor, there are two windows with pairs of ogee-headed lights, two narrower single trefoil-headed lancets, and one square-headed window with two obtusely-pointed lights. The first floor has modern windows.
Inside, the house includes a collar-braced roof, a 16th-century oak staircase, a moulded 16th-century ceiling, and an Aumbry cupboard. There are some stone fireplaces with spandrels and an early 18th-century fireplace with ovolo moulding. A plaque commemorates William Grocyn (1446-1519), who was Master of All Saints College and a Renaissance scholar. The building is part of a group that includes several significant structures related to the Archbishop's Palace and the College.
Local climate
The Masters House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- The College Gateway (All Saints Parish Room) and the College Tower
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- The Dungeons at the Archbishop's Palace
- Wall to North and West of All Saints Church
- Wall to East of Archbishop's Palace
- Ruined Gateway