High House is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1973. House. 2 related planning applications.
High House
- WRENN ID
- still-loggia-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- High House, High Street, New Romney, TN28 8AU
- OS grid reference
- TR 066 249
- Coordinates
- 50.98717, 0.94315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
High House is an early 19th-century building located on the northwest side of High Street. It is constructed of red and brown brick and features two storeys with attics. The roof is tiled and has a wooden bracket eaves cornice. The façade includes three sash windows, although the glazing bars are missing. There is a 19th-century doorcase that is adorned with rusticated and vermiculated pilasters, along with a projecting cornice that is supported on consoles.
Local climate
High House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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