Island Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Island Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fading-lancet-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Island Farmhouse, Biddenden, TN27 8JG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 871 385
- Coordinates
- 51.11579, 0.67316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Island Farmhouse is a 15th-century timber-framed building with close-studded construction and plaster infilling. The first floor overhangs on three sides, supported by a moulded bressumer and clad with tiles that curve outwards at their base. The steeply pitched hipped roof is covered in tiles and features sprocket eaves. Three casement windows with diamond-shaped leaded panes are visible. A large oriel window, two tiers of six lights with wooden mullions and transoms, is situated on the ground floor, and is sheltered by a cove. An iron-studded door provides access. At the rear (east-facing side), half of the facade is covered by a pentice roof, while the remainder of the first floor is clad in weatherboards.
Local climate
Island Farmhouse 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2004
- 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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