Brissenden Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1972. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Brissenden Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- south-pedestal-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1972
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Brissenden Farmhouse, Swain Road, Tenterden, TN30 6SN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 906 346
- Coordinates
- 51.07959, 0.72088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brissenden Farmhouse is a hall-house dating from the 15th to 16th century, with an addition to the right side made in the 18th century. The building has two storeys, with the ground floor constructed of red brick and the first floor featuring timber framing and plastering, showcasing a visible curved brace. It has a steeply pitched tiled roof with a central brick chimney stack, while the right side of the roof is half-hipped and tile-hung. The exterior includes some modern casement windows and one continuous mullioned window, as well as a simple Dutch barn door. Inside, there is an octagonal crown post with a moulded cap.
Local climate
Brissenden Farmhouse 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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