Fordswater is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. A C16 House. 2 related planning applications.
Fordswater
- WRENN ID
- ruined-forge-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fordswater, Brabourne, TN25 5NA
- OS grid reference
- TR 079 418
- Coordinates
- 51.13858, 0.97069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fordswater is a house dating from the 16th century, substantially re-clad in the late 18th century. It is timber-framed and roughcast, with a plain tiled roof. The house is two storeys high and has a hipped roof with gablets, and a central stack. There are catslide outshots to the left and right. The front elevation has two glazing bar sashes on each floor, and a central panelled door.
Local climate
Fordswater receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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