The Old House is a Grade II* listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. House. 2 related planning applications.

The Old House

WRENN ID
salt-lead-finch
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1967
Type
House
Address
The Old House, Wissenden Grange, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3EL
OS grid reference
TQ 906 414
Coordinates
51.14054, 0.72446
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old House is a 15th-century timber-framed building located in Bethersden on Wissenden Lane, previously known as Bullrush Cottage. It features plaster infilling and has an overhanging first floor at the end window bays, supported by protruding floor joists and brackets. The eaves are accentuated by curved braces and a bracket. The building has a steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof and stands two storeys tall, with four casement windows.

Local climate

The Old 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 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
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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