Wakeley House is a Grade II* listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. A C18 House. 5 related planning applications.
Wakeley House
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-chalk-briar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wakeley House, High Street, Charing, TN27 0LS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 953 495
- Coordinates
- 51.21144, 0.7953
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wakeley House is an 18th-century building located on the west side of Charing High Street. It has two storeys, a basement, and attics, constructed of red brick resting on a stone rubble base. The hipped tiled roof features two dormers and a wooden modillion eaves cornice. The façade includes five sashes with intact glazing bars. Access to the entrance is via six steps, which are complemented by an iron handrail. The doorcase is adorned with pilasters, a pediment, a semi-circular fanlight, and a door consisting of six fielded panels.
Local climate
Wakeley 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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