Elephant House is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
Elephant House
- WRENN ID
- graven-grate-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Elephant House, Chilham
- OS grid reference
- TR 069 534
- Coordinates
- 51.24284, 0.96301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Elephant House, now a residential property, dates from the late 18th century and was altered in the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with a tiled roof and features two storeys and attics, including two gabled dormers and end stacks on both the left and right sides. The building has two stone mullioned windows and a boarded door located in a gabled porch on the right. There are also two stone arches with ashlar and keyed detailing that are now blocked; these were originally entrances for the elephants that were kept on the estate around 1800.
Local climate
Elephant House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
- 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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