Pear Tree Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1988. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Pear Tree Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- distant-wall-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Pear Tree Farmhouse, Newchurch Road, Bilsington
- OS grid reference
- TR 042 329
- Coordinates
- 51.0596, 0.91358
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pear Tree Farmhouse is a house that was once three cottages, dating from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations made in the 18th century to the early 19th century and again in the mid-20th century. The building is constructed of red brick, some of which is painted, and features tile hanging, partly resting on a ragstone base. It likely has a timber-framed core and is topped with a plain tiled roof.
The structure is an irregular combination of two separate cottages connected by later additions of varying dates. The main block is two storeys high, set on a plinth, with tile hanging on the first floor. The roof is hipped and steps up to the right, with chimney stacks positioned at the centre right and to the right. On the first floor, there are three glazing bar sash windows, while the ground floor features a glazing bar sash window, a top hung casement, a tripartite wooden casement, and an old metal casement, alongside a boarded door to the right. To the left of the main block, there is a six-panel door with a segmental head and a glazing bar sash window above, which is an addition to the three-bay main block.
At the rear, there are hipped wings of one and two storeys, constructed of ragstone with tile hanging over painted brick. The interior includes a large inglenook in the main block, although other interior details were not observed.
Local climate
Pear Tree Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
- 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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