18 and 20, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. House. 3 related planning applications.
18 and 20, High Street
- WRENN ID
- pale-cloister-sienna
- 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
- 18 and 20, High Street, Tenterden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 884 333
- Coordinates
- 51.06884, 0.68824
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 18 and 20 High Street is a building that was formerly the Old Grammar School. It dates from the 15th to 16th century and features a timber-framed structure that is now fronted with brick and weather-boarding on the ground floor, while tiles cover the upper section. The building has a recessed center flanked by two wings, with the first floor overhanging on curved brackets. There are also curved brackets in the center that support the projecting eaves. The first floor is adorned with casement windows that retain original diamond panes and small square panes. The ground floor has a modern shopfront. This building is part of a group of listed buildings on the north side of High Street, which includes the Church of St Mildred, ranging from Nos 10 to 44.
Local climate
18 and 20, High Street 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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