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

Malthouse Farmhouse

WRENN ID
gilded-hall-candle
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
Malthouse Farmhouse, Bedlam Lane, Smarden
OS grid reference
TQ 871 441
Coordinates
51.1662, 0.67588
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Malthouse Farmhouse is a 16th century or earlier timber-framed building featuring plaster and painted brick infilling. The first floor on the north, west, and south fronts extends outward, supported by the ends of the floor joists and brackets, and is tile-hung. The building has a half-hipped tiled roof and consists of two storeys with five windows.

Local climate

Malthouse Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% 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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