Palace Farmhouse is a Grade I listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. A Medieval Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.

Palace Farmhouse

WRENN ID
hallowed-gutter-bone
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1967
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Medieval
Address
Palace Farmhouse, Market Place, Charing, TN27 0LP
OS grid reference
TQ 954 494
Coordinates
51.21078, 0.79641
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Palace Farmhouse is a Grade I listed building that dates back to the 13th century, with alterations made in the 16th and 18th centuries. It is part of the north range of the former manor house of the Archbishops of Canterbury and includes part of the former chapel. The building has an L-shaped layout and stands three storeys high, with the ground and first floors constructed from stone rubble and flints, while the second floor is made of red brick. All three levels feature long and short ashlar quoins and are topped with a hipped tiled roof.

An early 16th-century window with two lights and four-centred heads, complete with a dripstone above, can be found on the building. The remaining windows are 18th-century sash or casement windows with multiple panes. To the east, there is a recessed wing that is two storeys tall and has one window entirely faced with brick, along with another window featuring a four-centred head. At the south-west corner, there is a section of a ruined wall that includes a pointed doorway. A date tablet from 1586 is located above a window at the south-east corner.

Local climate

Palace 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 7 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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