Biddenden Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. Post office. 2 related planning applications.
Biddenden Post Office
- WRENN ID
- low-floor-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1952
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- Biddenden Post Office, 16, High Street, TN27 8AH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 850 384
- Coordinates
- 51.11517, 0.64286
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Biddenden Post Office is a 17th century or earlier timber-framed building that stands two storeys high. The ground floor is refaced with painted brick on a cemented base, while the first floor is tile hung. The building features a tiled roof, two casement windows on the first floor, and two modern bay windows on the ground floor. In front of the building, there is contemporary paving made of Bethersden marble that extends about 12 yards to the southeast.
Local climate
Biddenden Post Office sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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