Blackfriars is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1962. Timber-framed building.

Blackfriars

WRENN ID
tall-stair-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1962
Type
Timber-framed building
Address
Blackfriars, Worsenden Green, Biddenden
OS grid reference
TQ 840 383
Coordinates
51.115, 0.62886
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blackfriars is a 17th century or earlier timber-framed building located in Biddenden. It features plaster infilling and a patch of old painted brick. The building has two storeys and a hipped tiled roof. There are three casement windows and a doorcase with a flat hood supported by brackets.

Local climate

Blackfriars sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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