Former Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1975. Church. 4 related planning applications.
Former Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- former-crypt-hyssop
- 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
- Church
- Address
- Former Baptist Church, The Samuel Peto, 23, Rendezvous Street, Folkstone, CT20 1EY
- OS grid reference
- TR 229 360
- Coordinates
- 51.08052, 1.18125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Baptist Church, located at 23 Rendezvous Street in Folkestone, was built by Joseph Gardner between 1873 and 1874. This two-storey building features a basement and has a front elevation that is stuccoed, while the rest is constructed of stock brick. It has a slate roof and a pediment with a modillion cornice, along with a stone balustraded parapet. The building also has a dentilled cornice and is supported by four massive coupled Composite columns that extend through both storeys, with Composite pilasters at the corners. There are two round windows on the first floor and triple round-headed windows on the ground floor, which is accessed via a round-headed arch and curved steps leading to the street.
Local climate
Former Baptist Church 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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