Kites is a Grade II listed building in the East Hampshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. House.
Kites
- WRENN ID
- odd-lintel-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hampshire
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Kites, Cradle Lane, Kingsley
- OS grid reference
- SU 813 395
- Coordinates
- 51.14937, -0.8377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kites is a house dating from the 17th century, with 20th-century extensions. It features a timber-framed structure with brick walls and a tiled roof. The north elevation has one storey and an attic, with four windows above five. The roof is half-hipped, and there is a lower extension on the west side. The house includes four gabled dormers with cills at eaves level and a shafted stack. The exposed frame has painted brick infill and other walling. The windows are 20th-century casements, and there is a 20th-century gabled brick porch. The south elevation is similar to the north.
Local climate
Kites 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 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Sale history — 19 transactions since 1996
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