5, Abbey Street is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. Residential. 1 related planning application.

5, Abbey Street

WRENN ID
ghost-rood-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swale
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1950
Type
Residential
Address
5, Abbey Street, Faversham, ME13 7BE
OS grid reference
TR 016 616
Coordinates
51.31786, 0.89296
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

5 Abbey Street is a building from the 18th century with a front that conceals an earlier structure. It stands three storeys tall and features three windows. The exterior is made of red brick and is topped with a wooden modillion cornice and a brick parapet. The building has two bays on each floor, although the bays on the first and second floors have been altered and now appear as one. The glazing bars are missing. A notable feature is the doorway, which is enhanced by engaged Doric columns, a triglyph frieze with rosettes in the metopes, a pediment, and a rectangular fanlight above a six-panel door, four of which are fielded. Additionally, there is a medieval cellar. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 3 to 12 Abbey Street.

Local climate

5, Abbey Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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