53 and 53a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1973. House. 2 related planning applications.
53 and 53a, High Street
- WRENN ID
- stranded-lead-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- 53 and 53a, High Street, CT21 5AD
- OS grid reference
- TR 160 347
- Coordinates
- 51.07155, 1.08314
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 53 and 53A, High Street, were built as a single house in the 18th century. The building is three storeys high and constructed of red brick, with a tiled roof and an eaves cornice. The front has three modern windows and shop fronts. A portion of the side elevation is tile-hung.
Local climate
53 and 53a, High Street receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- 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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