The Alma is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1973. Public house. 1 related planning application.

The Alma

WRENN ID
half-oriel-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Constituency
Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1973
Type
Public house
Address
The Alma, 37, Folkestone Road, CT17 9RZ
OS grid reference
TR 316 414
Coordinates
51.12577, 1.30856
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Alma is an early 19th-century public house located at 37 Folkestone Road. The building is three storeys high with attics and is finished in stucco. It features a tiled roof with two dormer windows. The façade includes three sash windows that have verticals only, along with a stringcourse. The front of the pub is characteristic of 19th-century design.

Local climate

The Alma receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% 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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