The Guildhall is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1975. Town hall. 8 related planning applications.
The Guildhall
- WRENN ID
- kindled-rood-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1975
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- The Guildhall, Guildhall Street, CT20 1DY
- OS grid reference
- TR 229 360
- Coordinates
- 51.08017, 1.18107
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Guildhall, located on Guildhall Street in Folkestone, was begun in 1856 by Joseph Messenger and completed in 1860 by Whichcord and Blandford. This building is two storeys high and constructed of Portland stone, featuring a hipped slate roof. It has a stone balustraded parapet that includes a clock and a curved pediment supported by upturned console brackets. The building is adorned with a modillion cornice and five Roman Corinthian Halt columns. The first floor has five windows with verticals only, framed by moulded architraves, and features alternate curved and triangular pediments with brackets, along with balustrading below. The ground floor is rusticated and includes three round-headed windows with keystones above. The entrance on the left side is similar, featuring a round-headed doorcase and a Tuscan portico with coupled columns. The side elevation is made of brick and has a band with dentils between the ground and first floors.
Local climate
The Guildhall receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Related listed building consents — 8 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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