Beacon Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. A 16th century Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.
Beacon Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- former-arch-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1979
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- 16th century
- Address
- Beacon Farmhouse, Woodchurch
- OS grid reference
- TQ 963 350
- Coordinates
- 51.08117, 0.80191
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beacon Farmhouse is a 16th century timber-framed building that was refaced in the 19th century. The ground floor is finished with red brick, while the upper floor features tile hanging, maintaining the overhang of the first floor which has a plastered cove beneath it. The roof is half-hipped and tiled, with a pentice at the back. The building has two 19th century sash windows.
Local climate
Beacon Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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