Little Ash is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. Hall-house. 2 related planning applications.

Little Ash

WRENN ID
unlit-oriel-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1980
Type
Hall-house
Address
Little Ash, Mill Lane, Smarden, TN27 8NW
OS grid reference
TQ 877 428
Coordinates
51.15414, 0.68327
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Little Ash is a late medieval hall-house that stands two storeys tall. The ground floor features close-studded timber framing with restored brick infilling. The first floor includes some curved braces and plaster infill. The building has a steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof and three casement windows.

Local climate

Little Ash 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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