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

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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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