1, Cecil Square is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1973. House.

1, Cecil Square

WRENN ID
still-brass-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Thanet
Constituency
East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1973
Type
House
OS grid reference
TR 354 708
Coordinates
51.38813, 1.38225
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 1, Cecil Square is a building dating from around 1769. It is two storeys tall and constructed of red brick, featuring a parapet. The façade includes four sash windows, although the glazing bars are missing. On the ground floor, there are two Venetian windows, with the heads of the centre lights blocked. The entrance has a doorcase with pilasters, an open pediment, a semi-circular fanlight, and a six-panelled door. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 5 (odd) and Nos 6 to 15 (consecutive).

Local climate

1, Cecil Square sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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