The Doctor Wilks Memorial Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. Memorial hall, former school.

The Doctor Wilks Memorial Hall

WRENN ID
solemn-pavement-candle
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Memorial hall, former school
Address
The Doctor Wilks Memorial Hall, the Churchyard
OS grid reference
TR 009 427
Coordinates
51.1488, 0.87223
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Doctor Wilks Memorial Hall, originally established as the Grammar School by Sir Norton Knatchbull in 1635, was relocated to another site in 1874. The building is constructed of red brick on a stone base and features a gable. It has a large window with a dripstone above it, and there is a recessed panel displaying the date 1635. The interior remains largely as originally designed, retaining its original fixtures. The hall is part of a group of items in the Churchyard, which includes Nos 51 to 61 (odd), 61A, 63 to 67 (odd), 67A, 69 to 71 (odd), 75, and the rear part of No 75 on High Street.

Local climate

The Doctor Wilks Memorial Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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