Obeden is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. House.

Obeden

WRENN ID
proud-chamber-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1980
Type
House
Address
Obeden, Bell Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PR
OS grid reference
TQ 863 419
Coordinates
51.14639, 0.66275
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Obeden is an 18th-century building located in Smarden. It is two storeys high and features weatherboarding, with part of the ground floor finished in painted brick. The roof is hipped and tiled, with a pentice at the back. There is an outside brick chimney stack. A modern extension has been added to the left-hand side of the building. The structure includes two casement windows.

Local climate

Obeden 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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