Little Swanton is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. House. 1 related planning application.
Little Swanton
- WRENN ID
- eastward-spandrel-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- Little Swanton, Blind Lane, Mersham, TN25 7HA
- OS grid reference
- TR 043 396
- Coordinates
- 51.1201, 0.91797
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Swanton is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier. It has a timber frame that is covered with painted brick and tile hanging, and features a plain tiled roof. The building has an L-shaped plan, with possible 20th-century additions to the rear. It stands two storeys high, with the first floor being tile hung and a hipped roof, along with stacks on both the left and right sides. There are two wooden casement windows on each floor and a half-glazed door to the right. An outshot is present at the rear.
Local climate
Little Swanton sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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