The Chequers is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. Alehouse. 3 related planning applications.
The Chequers
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-lime-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1984
- Type
- Alehouse
- Address
- The Chequers, Church Lane, Challock, TN25 4BS
- OS grid reference
- TR 008 505
- Coordinates
- 51.21841, 0.87531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chequers is a mid-19th century alehouse with elements from the 18th century at the rear. It features channeled render and a plain tile roof. The building is two storeys high with a hipped roof, which has two stacks located on the left and at the rear right. The first floor has a regular arrangement of windows, consisting of two tripartite sashes and a two-light sash in between. On the ground floor, there are two segmental bays with moulded cornices and two central doors; the door on the left is from the 19th century and has a flat hood, while the one on the right is from the 20th century. The rear elevation displays tile hanging and is constructed with an 18th-century timber frame.
Local climate
The Chequers sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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