Dovenden is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1972. House. 1 related planning application.
Dovenden
- WRENN ID
- hushed-attic-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dovenden, Woodchurch Road, Tenterden, TN30 7AE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 891 339
- Coordinates
- 51.07348, 0.69924
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dovenden is a late 18th to early 19th century house of three storeys, constructed of painted brick. It features an eaves cornice and fluted pilasters that extend from the first to the second floor, framing three sash windows with intact glazing bars on the upper floors. The ground floor has two large 19th-century bay windows of red brick, with a stuccoed porch positioned between them, containing a rectangular fanlight and an eight-panelled door.
Local climate
Dovenden 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1999
- 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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