The Willows is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. House. 3 related planning applications.

The Willows

WRENN ID
graven-eave-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1979
Type
House
Address
The Willows, 53, North Street, Biddenden, TN27 8BA
OS grid reference
TQ 851 389
Coordinates
51.12019, 0.64468
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Willows is an 18th-century building located on the west side of North Street in Biddenden. It is two storeys high and features tile hanging on its exterior. The roof is tiled, and there are three casement windows on the first floor, along with two modern bay windows on the ground floor. The entrance has a doorcase with a flat hood above and a door made of fielded panels.

Local climate

The Willows sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% 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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