The King's Head Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1973. Public house.
The King's Head Inn
- WRENN ID
- sunken-barrel-lichen
- 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
- Public house
- Address
- The King's Head Inn, 117, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TR 163 348
- Coordinates
- 51.07199, 1.08705
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Head Inn, located at 117 High Street, is likely two houses that were combined, as indicated by the differing roof levels. The eastern half dates from the 18th century, while the western half features an 18th-century front that conceals an older timber-framed structure behind. The building has two storeys and two windows on each side, topped with a hipped tiled roof. The eastern half is constructed of red brick and includes a modillion eaves cornice, along with a modern public house front on the ground floor. The western half has a ground floor made of stone rubble and red brick above, featuring a modillion cornice, a parapet, and an attic storey with one dormer. There is a trace of an overhang at the corner, and the west front is plastered. Both halves are missing glazing bars. At the rear, there is a section of two storeys made of painted brick, also with a hipped tiled roof. The King's Head Inn is part of a group with Nos 115 to 125 (odd).
Local climate
The King's Head Inn 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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