The Moat House is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Moat House
- WRENN ID
- hushed-spire-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Moat House, 1-5, Ashford Road, Charing, TN27 0JJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 953 492
- Coordinates
- 51.20905, 0.79534
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Moat House, formerly the rectory, is a large house located on Ashford Road in Charing, dating from the late 19th century to early 20th century. It has been divided into flats and is not considered to have special architectural interest. The east side of the building, comprising Nos 2 and 3, incorporates a 15th-century Wealden hall-house. This section is two storeys high and timber-framed, featuring close-studding and a moulded bressumer at No 2. Both Nos 2 and 3 have coved recesses and brackets, and the roof is hipped and tiled. No 3 includes a tie beam and crown post in the attics, while No 2 has a recess believed to be a priest hole and a passage thought to connect to Charing Parish Church. The moat surrounding the property still exists.
Local climate
The Moat House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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