18 and 19, The Leas is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1975. Residential. 1 related planning application.
18 and 19, The Leas
- WRENN ID
- last-hammer-plover
- 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
- Residential
- Address
- 18 and 19, The Leas, CT20 2DU
- OS grid reference
- TR 225 356
- Coordinates
- 51.07678, 1.17518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 18 and 19 on The Leas in Folkestone are a mid-19th century pair of buildings that stand four storeys high with a basement, and are finished in stucco. They feature a parapet and have a total of two windows. The upper two floors each have three-light sash windows, while the ground and first-floor windows are three-light canted bays. Both of these floors are adorned with cast iron balconettes that display a 'heart and honeysuckle' motif. The doorways are simply designed with round-headed doorcases that are set back in additions on the sides, and there is balustrading above. Numbers 16 to 19 form a group with numbers 22 to 26, with numbers 16 and 17 being buildings of local interest.
Local climate
18 and 19, The Leas 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 — 1 transaction since 2003
- 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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