Pebbleshore and Over The Top is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1974. Pair of cottages. 2 related planning applications.

Pebbleshore and Over The Top

WRENN ID
deep-gutter-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Constituency
Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 April 1974
Type
Pair of cottages
Address
Pebbleshore and Over The Top, Prospect Road, Sandgate, CT20 3DG
OS grid reference
TR 198 350
Coordinates
51.07276, 1.13633
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Pebbleshore and Over The Top are a pair of 18th-century cottages located on Prospect Road in Sandgate. They were altered in the mid-19th century and stand two storeys tall. The ground floor of Pebbleshore is finished in stucco, while the first floor is weatherboarded. Pebbleshore features a modern tiled roof, whereas Over The Top has a hipped slate roof with a weatherboarded square lookout.

There are five sash windows in total on the upper floor, most of which retain their glazing bars and are set in wooden architraves. On the ground floor, Pebbleshore has two sash windows with verticals only and a simple doorcase on the left side. Over The Top includes two modern windows and a modern door with a weatherhood. The rear elevation of Over The Top is also weatherboarded, while Pebbleshore has two sash windows with intact glazing bars and a first-floor verandah.

Pebbleshore, Over The Top, and West Lawn Cottages are recognized as a group.

Local climate

Pebbleshore and Over The Top receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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