The College is a Grade II* listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. A C15 Educational building.
The College
- WRENN ID
- proud-span-umber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Educational building
- Address
- The College, the Churchyard
- OS grid reference
- TR 010 427
- Coordinates
- 51.14826, 0.87335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The College is a Grade II* listed building located on the east side of the Churchyard. It was founded during the reign of Edward IV as the Vicarage, although most of the original structure was demolished in the 18th century. The building has an L-shaped layout, with the north wing featuring a timber frame and plaster infill, standing two storeys high beneath a tiled roof with an eaves cornice. This wing includes three modern casement windows. The west wing, dating from the 18th century, is constructed of red brick and also has two storeys. It features a cornice and parapet, three sashes with intact glazing bars, and a painted wooden doorcase adorned with a pediment and rusticated pilasters, leading to a six-panel door.
The College is part of a group of listed items in the Churchyard, which includes Nos 51 to 61 (odd), 61A, 63 to 67 (odd), 67A, 69 to 71 (odd), 75, and the rear part of No 75 on High Street.
Local climate
The College sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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