Diamond House is a Grade II* listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. A C14 House. 3 related planning applications.
Diamond House
- WRENN ID
- gilded-latch-ridge
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- Diamond House, Brook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3SY
- OS grid reference
- TQ 924 336
- Coordinates
- 51.07027, 0.74624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Diamond House is a timber-framed building that possibly dates back to the late 14th century. It features a four-bay hall-house design with a terminal jetty. The timber framing is filled with plaster, while the ground floor has been rebuilt in red brick. The roof is hipped and tiled, topped with a large 17th-century brick chimneystack. The house has three casement windows and includes late 16th to early 17th-century additions. Inside, there is a dais beam with lap board panelling that once separated the parlour from the hall, along with a roof that has collars, collar purlins, and a crown post. The house also contains inglenook fireplaces. From the late 17th century until 1748, the house was occupied by the Diamond Family, known for their involvement in smuggling, and several alcoves believed to be smugglers' hides have been discovered within the house.
Local climate
Diamond House 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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