Old Kent House is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1975. House. 4 related planning applications.
Old Kent House
- WRENN ID
- shifting-tower-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Kent House, High Street, Biddenden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 849 384
- Coordinates
- 51.11582, 0.64102
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Kent House, formerly known as Kent House, is a former rectory dating from the early 19th century. It is built of buff brick and has two storeys topped with a hipped slate roof. The façade features three windows, including two sashes with intact glazing bars and wooden shutters, alongside one three-light round-headed window that also has two shutters. On the ground floor, there are two three-light bay windows. The central entrance is highlighted by a doorcase that includes a round-headed door with panelled reveals.
Local climate
Old Kent House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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 2008
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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