Claire Voyee About 76 Metres South of Port Lympne is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1966. Cottage.

Claire Voyee About 76 Metres South of Port Lympne

WRENN ID
noble-gravel-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Constituency
Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 December 1966
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
TR 102 349
Coordinates
51.07491, 1.00006
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

"Claire-voyée" is a structure built around 1920, likely designed by Philip Tilden for Sir Philip Sassoon. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and is set on a platform that is integrated into the hillside. The platform features a 3-bay loggia at its center, with brick steps leading down from both ends against a retaining wall. The loggia is adorned with scrolled wrought iron work that has rose and fleur-de-lys finials. It includes round-headed arches, each with a thin red tile band across the tops and a keystone on the central arch. The interior boasts a ribless quadripartite brick vault and shallow wall arcading, while the floor is laid with herringboned tiles arranged in octagonal patterns. The central bay has a semi-circular rear recess topped with a shell roof made of herringboned tiles. In front of the loggia, there is a narrow tessellated brick terrace positioned between the steps leading down from the platform.

Local climate

Claire Voyee About 76 Metres South of Port Lympne 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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