Ring's Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1974. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Ring's Hill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
guardian-sill-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1974
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Ring's Hill Farmhouse, Wouldham Road, ME1 3TP
OS grid reference
TQ 717 658
Coordinates
51.36616, 0.46543
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ring's Hill Farmhouse is a mid-18th century farmhouse located on Rochester Wouldham Road in Borstal. It is a building of group value. The farmhouse is constructed of brick, now covered with cement render, and has a replacement concrete plain tile roof. Originally the roof had an 'M' profile. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a double pile plan, meaning it was originally two rooms deep.

The front of the farmhouse has two ground floor and two first floor tripartite sash windows with horned frames, and a central blank window on the first floor with an ornate stucco surround. A central doorcase, painted to resemble rustication, frames a four-panel door dating to approximately 1900. Tall brick eaves stacks are present, with two on the north return and one on the south. The north return has three bays with sash windows containing glazing bars.

The rear of the farmhouse is constructed of Flemish bond red brick and has one ground floor and three first floor arched windows, with a central six-panel raised and fielded door. A plat band runs along the first floor and the parapet.

Inside, the ground floor has chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. Six-panel raised and fielded doors are found on the ground floor, while the first floor has two-panel doors. Early 19th century fireplaces with reeded paterae decorate the first floor. A dogleg staircase features stick balusters, turned newel posts, a swan-neck handrail at the angles, and opens into an open well configuration at the attic.

Local climate

Ring's Hill Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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