Island Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Island Farmhouse

WRENN ID
outer-roof-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1967
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Island Farmhouse, Ashford Road, Bethersden, TN26 3BB
OS grid reference
TQ 937 396
Coordinates
51.12316, 0.76669
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Island Farmhouse is a late medieval timber-framed building that stands two storeys high. The timber framing and plaster infilling can be seen on the first floor of the east wall, while the rest of the building has been refaced with red brick. It features a hipped tiled roof and has three casement windows.

Local climate

Island Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 1 transaction since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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