Elmstone is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1962. House. 1 related planning application.

Elmstone

WRENN ID
western-roof-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1962
Type
House
Address
Elmstone, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, TN27 8ER
OS grid reference
TQ 834 365
Coordinates
51.0993, 0.61892
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Elmstone is a 17th century or earlier restored timber-framed building located on Cranbrook Road in Biddenden. It features plaster infilling on a red brick base, and the first floor is tile hung with a bell cast at its base. The building has two storeys and attics, topped by a half-hipped tiled roof that includes one hipped dormer. There are three modern casement windows and a doorcase with a flat hood above it.

Local climate

Elmstone 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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