Thorn Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Thorn Farmhouse

WRENN ID
quiet-gateway-mint
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
Thorn Farmhouse, Biddenden Road, Smarden, TN27 8QQ
OS grid reference
TQ 872 416
Coordinates
51.14389, 0.67582
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thorn Farmhouse is an 18th-century building located on Biddenden Road in Smarden. It is constructed of red brick and has two storeys with a hipped tiled roof. The eaves feature a cornice with modillions and cogging, and there is a stringcourse running along the facade. The house has three casement windows and a doorcase that includes a flat hood supported by brackets, with a door made up of four moulded panels.

Local climate

Thorn Farmhouse 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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