Common Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1962. Farmhouse.

Common Farmhouse

WRENN ID
broken-sentry-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1962
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Common Farmhouse, Biddenden
OS grid reference
TQ 830 394
Coordinates
51.12526, 0.61507
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Common Farmhouse is a 16th century or earlier timber-framed building featuring plaster infilling and curved braces. The ground floor has been rebuilt in red brick. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a tiled roof that is hipped at the south end. It includes two casement windows. Attached to the rear elevation is a cylindrical brick oast.

Local climate

Common Farmhouse 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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