The George Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1968. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The George Inn
- WRENN ID
- former-spire-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1968
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The George Inn, Lower Street, Leeds, ME17 1RN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 823 531
- Coordinates
- 51.24855, 0.61172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The George Inn is a public house located on Leeds Lower Street, dating from the early 19th century with later 19th-century alterations. At the rear, there are remains of a 16th-century timber-framed building. The ground floor is constructed of painted brick in Flemish bond, while the first floor features fishscale tiles, topped with a plain tile roof. The building is two storeys high and sits on a brick plinth, with projecting eaves that have flat soffits and a half-hipped roof. There is a small projecting stack at the left end, built on a low stone base, made of red and grey brick with tumbled offsets. The front facade has a regular arrangement of three glazing-bar sash windows and two gabled dormers.
To the left, there is a long 19th-century rear wing built with the same materials, featuring a brick ridge stack at either end and two 20th-century half-glazed doors. The right side has a shorter rear wing, which is connected to the left wing and constructed from the same materials. This wing is one storey and a garret high, with a tall brick stack. Additionally, there is a wing at right angles to the rear of the right wing, which runs parallel to the front range and abuts the end of the left wing. This wing is also from the 16th century, timber-framed, with the ground floor clad in painted brick and the first floor covered in plain tiles, topped with a plain tile roof. It is two storeys high with a roof hipped to the right and a gablet. The interior has been partially inspected.
Local climate
The George Inn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 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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