The Bull Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. A Not specified Inn. 6 related planning applications.

The Bull Inn

WRENN ID
fallow-lead-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1980
Type
Inn
Period
Not specified
Address
The Bull Inn, Ashford Road, Bethersden, TN26 3LB
OS grid reference
TQ 924 398
Coordinates
51.12556, 0.74832
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bull Inn is an 18th-century building located on Ashford Road in Bethersden. It is two storeys tall with attics and features a painted brick exterior. The roof is tiled and includes two hipped dormers. A brick eaves cornice with modillions and cogging adds detail to the structure. On the upper floor, there are three casement windows with pointed Gothick heads. The ground floor has two large bay windows and a double doorcase, although the pediment above it is missing.

Local climate

The Bull Inn 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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