Outhouse to West of Palace Farmhouse is a Grade I listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. Outhouse. 1 related planning application.

Outhouse to West of Palace Farmhouse

WRENN ID
riven-ember-lichen
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1967
Type
Outhouse
Address
Outhouse to West of Palace Farmhouse, Market Place, Charing
OS grid reference
TQ 953 494
Coordinates
51.21075, 0.79585
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The outhouse to the west of Palace Farmhouse is a 14th-century structure that was part of the west range of the courtyard of the former manor house of the Archbishops of Canterbury. It is built with flints and features long and short stone quoins. The roof is tiled, hipped at the east end and has a gable end to the west. There are blocked lancet windows in the building.

Local climate

Outhouse to West of 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 — 2 transactions since 2014
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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