Description from record TR 15 NW 308:
(TR 14835768) No 38A St Margaret's Street. (1) Mid C19. 2 storeys red brick. Parapet. Wide bracket cornice. 4 sashes with glazing bars intact. Late C19 shopfronts. Grade II for group value. (2)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 ST MARGARET'S STREET (North West Side)
3.12.49. No 38 - Nos 38A & 38B TR 1457 NE 4/202
II GV
2. Mid C19. 2 storeys red brick. Parapet. Wide bracket cornice. 4 sashes with glazing bars intact. Late C19 shopfronts. Grade II for group value.
Nos 38 to 42 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1482057680 (3)

A heritage assessment of the building describes it as possessing a 19th century historic staircase, a Tudor ceiling, and a Tudor window. An excerpt from the report reads as follows "No.38: Most intact at basement, ground and roof level. First floor has been compromised by office refurbishment including infilling between the two cross wings with a flat roof at first floor. A historic staircase survives between first and 2nd floor in the rear wing (late 19th century). The ground and basement bar contain significant historic material, overpainted multiple times. At ground floor access from No.37 the Tudor ceiling survives, albeit within a modern context and repurposed as a board room. The Tudor window overlooking the courtyard is a feature of significance as is the roof scape. This building is of highest significance in terms of age and surviving fabric out of all the buildings on the site." (4)

<1> Arch Cant 102 1985 254 (J Bowen & T Tatton Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE34616.

<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of City of Canterbury 1973 233 (OS Card Reference). SKE40210.

<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<4> Heritage Collective Ltd, 2019-2023?, Pre-Application Heritage Assessment: 37 St Margaret's Street, Canterbury (Unpublished document). SKE55633.