The Old Watch House is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Watch House
- WRENN ID
- half-stone-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Watch House, the Street, Appledore, TN26 2DA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 957 291
- Coordinates
- 51.02857, 0.7901
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Watch House is an early 19th-century building likely built to oversee the Royal Military Canal. Constructed of Kentish ragstone with red brick dressings, it features a hipped slate roof and a large chimneystack. The building has two windows with vertical sash glazing. A pedimented porch is present.
Local climate
The Old Watch House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 1 transaction since 2009
- 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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