Sir John Banks Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1951. Almshouse. 1 related planning application.

Sir John Banks Almshouses

WRENN ID
shadowed-pilaster-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 July 1951
Type
Almshouse
Address
Sir John Banks Almshouses, 29-39, St Faith's Street, ME14 1LJ
OS grid reference
TQ 759 559
Coordinates
51.27582, 0.52121
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sir John Banks Almshouses were built in 1700 and consist of two storeys constructed of red brick. The building features a hipped tiled roof and a wooden modillion eaves cornice. There are twelve casement windows and a pediment above the center of the building that spans the width of the four central window bays. A brick stringcourse runs along the structure. The original inscription in the central pediment has been moved to the Maidstone Museum, and the current inscription is a replica. The doors are plain batten doors. Nos 29 to 39 (odd) are part of a group.

Local climate

Sir John Banks Almshouses 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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