Plum Tree House is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1951. House. 1 related planning application.
Plum Tree House
- WRENN ID
- eternal-brick-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Plum Tree House, 39, High Street, New Romney, TN28 8BW
- OS grid reference
- TR 064 248
- Coordinates
- 50.98562, 0.93999
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Plum Tree House, located at 39 High Street, is an 18th-century building that stands two storeys high with attics. It features a painted brick exterior and a tiled roof, which includes one hipped dormer. The building has a wooden modillion eaves cornice and five sash windows, although the glazing bars are missing. A modern shop front has been added. The doorcase is adorned with an open pediment and a semi-circular fanlight, supported by Doric pilasters. The door itself consists of eight fielded panels. Plum Tree House is part of a group that includes Nos 27 to 43 (odd).
Local climate
Plum Tree House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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