The Zoo is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1974. Public house.
The Zoo
- WRENN ID
- patient-copper-juniper
- 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
- The Zoo, Market Buildings, ME14 1HP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 760 557
- Coordinates
- 51.27396, 0.52208
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Zoo is a mid-19th century building that stands two storeys high with a basement, finished in stucco. It features a rounded corner on the left side and is topped with a slate roof. A stringcourse runs along the building. The first floor has nine sash windows, one of which is blank, with some glazing bars still intact. The ground floor showcases a mid-19th century bar front, which includes four round-headed arches with keystones, one cambered arch, and two round-headed doorcases. The building forms a group with Nos 8 and 9 High Street.
Local climate
The Zoo 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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