Shirley Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Shirley Farmhouse

WRENN ID
unlit-lantern-russet
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1979
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Shirley Farmhouse, Moor Lane, Woodchurch, TN26 3SS
OS grid reference
TQ 931 325
Coordinates
51.05962, 0.75542
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shirley Farmhouse is a timber-framed building dating from the 16th century or earlier. It features plaster infilling and curved braces on the first floor of the north front, which originally over-sailed on the protruding ends of the floor joists but has since been underbuilt. The timber framing is now mainly exposed. The farmhouse is two storeys high with attics and has a steeply pitched hipped tiled roof that includes one hipped dormer. There are three casement windows. An L-wing was added to the south in the 18th century. Inside, the farmhouse contains a crownpost, a twin service entry, and a tie beam.

Local climate

Shirley Farmhouse 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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