The Master's Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1951. A N/A Gateway. 1 related planning application.

The Master's Tower

WRENN ID
grim-doorway-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 July 1951
Type
Gateway
Period
N/A
Address
The Master's Tower, College Road, ME15 6YF
OS grid reference
TQ 760 553
Coordinates
51.26985, 0.52209
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Master's Tower, dating from 1396-1398, was originally the main entrance gateway to the College from the river. It is built of Kentish ragstone and has two storeys topped with a pyramidal tiled roof. The ground floor features a pointed archway, while the first floor has a square-headed window with two cinquefoil-headed lights, supported by a stone mullion and transom. On the north side, there is a small projection with a splayed end, likely housing the staircase. The front also includes a single window with one cinquefoil-headed light on the first floor and a gable fronted with weatherboarding, which is filled with pigeon holes. The Master's Tower is part of a group that includes several significant structures related to the Archbishop's Palace and the College.

Local climate

The Master's Tower 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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