The Lemon Tree is a Grade II* listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Lemon Tree
- WRENN ID
- brooding-wall-thyme
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Lemon Tree, 29-33, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6BJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 884 333
- Coordinates
- 51.06835, 0.68799
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lemon Tree is a timber-framed house dating from the 15th to 16th century, located on the south side of High Street, with the address of Nos 29-33. The building has two storeys, featuring close-studded timber framing with plaster infill. The first floor overhangs, supported by protruding floor joists and curved brackets. Originally, the house had a recessed centre, but this was jettied across in the 16th century when the open hall was roofed over. The structure has four windows and a hipped tiled roof.
The first floor includes 17th-century casement windows with small square panes, and there is a moulded wooden stringcourse beneath them. The ground floor has modern windows. A notable feature is the original four-centred doorcase framed by embattlementation, with carved quatrefoils in the spandrels. There is also a plain doorway at the west end of the front. The side elevation displays an exposed curved brace and weatherboarded extensions. Inside, some contemporary panelling can be found.
The listed buildings on the south side from Nos 17 to 57 form a group.
Local climate
The Lemon Tree 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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- 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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