55 and 55a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1975. Shop, house.
55 and 55a, High Street
- WRENN ID
- second-cupola-reed
- 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
- Shop, house
- Address
- 55 and 55a, High Street, Sandgate
- OS grid reference
- TR 204 351
- Coordinates
- 51.07358, 1.1458
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 55 and 55A on High Street in Sandgate are two-storey buildings dating from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. They are constructed of painted brick and feature a hipped tiled roof with stone coping. The first floor includes a three-light canted bay window. The ground floor has an early 19th-century shopfront with four pilasters and fanlights, along with modern six-panelled doors. These buildings are part of a group that includes Nos 23 to 39 and 41 to 65, as well as Cottage to the rear of No 39 and Nos 43A, 45A, 55A, and 61A. Additionally, Nos 31 to 37 are recognized as buildings of local interest.
Local climate
55 and 55a, High Street receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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