31 and 33, 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. 3 related planning applications.
31 and 33, High Street
- WRENN ID
- quiet-niche-wren
- 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
- 31 and 33, High Street, CT21 5AD
- OS grid reference
- TR 160 347
- Coordinates
- 51.07149, 1.08238
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 31 and 33 on High Street are a pair of houses built in the 18th century. They are two storeys high and constructed from red brick, featuring a hipped tiled roof and an eaves cornice. The front is flanked by narrow pilasters and has five sash windows, although the glazing bars are missing. There is a modern shop front at the base. A tablet on the house notes that Sir Francis Pettit Smith, who lived from 1808 to 1874 and was the inventor of steam screw propellers, was born here. The side elevation has an overhang and is partly tile-hung.
Local climate
31 and 33, 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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