Chimneys is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1973. House.

Chimneys

WRENN ID
tenth-pier-frost
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
Chimneys, 7, Hillside Street
OS grid reference
TR 160 348
Coordinates
51.07229, 1.08285
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Chimneys is a group of three small 18th century houses located on Hillside Street. Nos 7 and 11 each have two storeys and two windows, while No 9 has three storeys and one window. Nos 7 and 11 are finished with cement, whereas No 9 features painted brick and a half-hipped tiled gable. All three houses have tiled roofs. No 7 is distinguished by a modillion eaves cornice, and all houses retain their glazing bars. Nos 7 and 11 also feature doorcases with flat hoods above. Together, Nos 7 to 11 form a group with No 17 Church Hill.

Local climate

Chimneys 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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