Forstal Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Forstal Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- upper-merlon-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Forstal Farmhouse, Little Chart, TN27 0PU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 950 458
- Coordinates
- 51.17845, 0.78964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forstal Farmhouse is a 17th-century or earlier timber-framed building. The ground floor has been rebuilt in red brick, while the westernmost window bay is plastered. The roof is steeply-pitched and tiled, with a small gable on each side. A bay window extends upwards on both floors beneath the north-facing window. There are four casement windows, each with small, square leaded panes.
Local climate
Forstal Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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