Black Beams is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Black Beams
- WRENN ID
- mired-truss-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Black Beams, Marsh Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2NZ
- OS grid reference
- TR 026 336
- Coordinates
- 51.06621, 0.89036
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Black Beams is a cottage dating from around 1700, with a later extension from the 20th century. It features a timber frame that is partly exposed, with plaster infill, and has been extended with painted brick. The roof is plain tiled and has a gambrel shape, with a raking dormer and a stack that projects and is offset to the left end. Originally a single cell unit, the cottage is one storey with an attic, built on a stone plinth. The ground floor includes a single three-light leaded wooden casement window and an off-centre boarded door. There is an outshot at the rear and a mid-20th century extension to the left that has a glazed door and sidelights. This cottage is a rare example of a small rural dwelling, likely used for sheep watchers.
Local climate
Black Beams sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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