Chain House 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.
Chain House
- WRENN ID
- small-kitchen-ivy
- 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
- Chain House, 6, East Cross, Tenterden, TN30 6AD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 885 334
- Coordinates
- 51.06958, 0.68961
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a timber-framed chain house dating from the late 13th century to the early 19th century. It is two storeys high with attics, and the timber frame is faced with mathematical tiles. The building has two dormers and a wooden eaves cornice. There are three window openings, although the glazing bars have been lost. Two modern bay windows have been added to the ground floor. The doorcase features Doric pilasters, a pediment, and a six-panel moulded door, with the top two panels cut away and glazed. The listed buildings on the West Side of East Cross form a group, reflecting their historical connection.
Local climate
Chain 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2008
- 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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