Garden Turrets in Grounds of Hales Place is a Grade II* listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. A Renaissance Garden turrets.

Garden Turrets in Grounds of Hales Place

WRENN ID
slow-pediment-grove
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1950
Type
Garden turrets
Period
Renaissance
Address
Garden Turrets in Grounds of Hales Place, Oaks Road, Tenterden
OS grid reference
TQ 888 334
Coordinates
51.06965, 0.69432
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Garden Turrets in the grounds of Hales Place date from the early 16th century and are constructed from low octagonal red brick. They feature castellated parapets and are connected by a wall. Each turret has double blank lancets on each side, with hood moulding above them, and brick coping. The turrets do not have roofs. Hales Place and the listed buildings in its grounds form a group.

Local climate

Garden Turrets in Grounds of Hales Place sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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