Turks' Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1973. Cottages. 1 related planning application.
Turks' Cottages
- WRENN ID
- empty-frieze-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1973
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Turks' Cottages, 13-19, New Street, Lydd, TN29 9DJ
- OS grid reference
- TR 043 209
- Coordinates
- 50.95148, 0.90773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Turks' Cottages comprise four cottages located on the north-west side of New Street. The majority of the range dates to the 17th century or earlier, with number 13 being a 19th-century addition. The cottages are constructed of painted brick and have a tiled roof. They feature eight casement windows. Modern hipped tiled hoods shelter the door cases. Numbers 13 to 19 form a group, and the second of these is known as "The Cottage".
Local climate
Turks' Cottages 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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