Priory House is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1975. House. 6 related planning applications.

Priory House

WRENN ID
gilded-cobble-rook
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
House
Address
Priory House, the Bayle, CT20 1SQ
OS grid reference
TR 230 358
Coordinates
51.07899, 1.18251
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Priory House is an 18th-century building with later additions, situated on the south side of The Bayle, Folkestone. The principal part of the house is constructed of stone rubble with white brick dressings, displaying three storeys. It features a hipped tiled roof and a parapet. The front elevation presents three modern casement windows, while the ground floor retains two triple-sashed windows with intact glazing bars. A doorcase, constructed of cemented material and supported by brackets with a flat hood, provides the entrance to the six-panelled door.

The right-side elevation incorporates modern tile hanging on the upper floors, supported by wooden brackets creating an overhang. A late 19th-century octagonal tower, faced in cement, sits on the right-hand corner of this elevation, topped with a cupola. To the far left of the front elevation, a three-storey portion rises higher than the rest of the building and is clad with curved tiles.

Priory House is grouped with numbers 4 to 18 (even) on the same side.

Local climate

Priory House 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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  • Sale history — 17 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 6 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
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