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
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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