Littlegates is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. A C16 Timber-framed building. 1 related planning application.
Littlegates
- WRENN ID
- empty-sentry-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1967
- Type
- Timber-framed building
- Address
- Littlegates, Smarden Bell Road, TN27 8PA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 881 439
- Coordinates
- 51.16344, 0.69027
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Littlegates is a building from the 16th century or earlier, featuring a restored timber frame with plaster infilling. It has two storeys, and the first floor of the west front extends out over the ends of the floor joists, supported by brackets and curved braces. The roof is hipped and covered with tiles. The building has three casement windows, each with small square leaded panes.
Local climate
Littlegates sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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