Higham Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. Farmhouse.
Higham Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- crooked-joist-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1979
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Higham Farmhouse, Bridge Road, Kenardington
- OS grid reference
- TQ 977 314
- Coordinates
- 51.04804, 0.8201
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higham Farmhouse is a 18th century building that likely incorporates an older structure. It has two storeys, with the ground floor made of red brick and the upper floor weatherboarded. The roof is steeply pitched and hipped, covered with tiles. The façade features two casement windows and two sash windows, both of which retain their original glazing bars.
Local climate
Higham Farmhouse 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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