Standen is a Grade II* listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1962. A Medieval House.
Standen
- WRENN ID
- high-timber-brook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1962
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Standen, Biddenden, TN27 8JT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 855 400
- Coordinates
- 51.12971, 0.65107
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Standen is a 15th-century timber-framed building that has been restored and features an elaborate timbered front with plaster infilling. The ground floor includes close-studded sections, while the first floor overhangs on an embattled bressumer, which has a plaster cove beneath it and carved brackets. The first floor is adorned with ornamental timbering in diamond and semi-circle patterns. The building has two storeys and attics, topped by a hipped tiled roof with two hipped dormers and a wooden eaves cornice. There are three casement windows and a large red brick chimney breast on the north-east wall. The south-west wall has been refaced with red brick on the ground floor and is tile-hung above. Inside, there is oak panelling, and the front room is dated 1578. It is believed that the building was used by one of the religious houses as a hostelry for pilgrims traveling to Canterbury.
Local climate
Standen 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
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