Bennetts is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1962. House. 1 related planning application.
Bennetts
- WRENN ID
- gilded-bailey-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1962
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bennetts, 56, the Street, Appledore, TN26 2AE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 955 295
- Coordinates
- 51.03171, 0.78817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bennetts is a building dating from the 16th century or earlier, featuring a restored timber frame with close-studding and plaster infilling. The first floor overhangs, supported by the protruding ends of the floor joists and a bressumer. The ground floor has been rebuilt in red brick, and the roof is hipped and tiled. The building has three casement windows with diamond-shaped leaded lights, and the interior showcases exposed beams.
Local climate
Bennetts 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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