2, New Rents is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1976. House. 2 related planning applications.
2, New Rents
- WRENN ID
- narrow-solder-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2, New Rents, TN23 1JH
- OS grid reference
- TR 008 428
- Coordinates
- 51.14988, 0.86992
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 New Rents is a late 18th century to early 19th century building that stands three storeys tall and is finished in stucco. It features a hipped tiled roof and a modillion cornice. The second floor has two sash windows, while the first floor includes a three-light canted bay window and a sash window with a pediment above it. The windows have vertical glazing bars only. The building also has a later 19th century shop front with pilasters. It is included for its group value, as it forms part of a group with Nos. 2 to 4 (even) and 4A.
Local climate
2, New Rents 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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