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
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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