Oasthouse at Frid Farm to North East of Frid Cottages (Nos 1 and 2) is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. Oast house.
Oasthouse at Frid Farm to North East of Frid Cottages (Nos 1 and 2)
- WRENN ID
- waiting-chamber-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1980
- Type
- Oast house
- Address
- Oasthouse at Frid Farm to North East of Frid Cottages (Nos 1 and 2), Bethersden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 931 414
- Coordinates
- 51.13983, 0.7596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The oasthouse at Frid Farm, located to the north-east of Frid Cottages (Nos 1 and 2), dates from the 19th century. It features a cylindrical brick structure topped with a conical tiled roof, complete with a cowl and fantail. This oasthouse is attached to one weatherboarded and one brick outbuilding, both of which have hipped tiled roofs.
Local climate
Oasthouse at Frid Farm to North East of Frid Cottages (Nos 1 and 2) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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