Gillets House is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. A Georgian House. 2 related planning applications.

Gillets House

WRENN ID
floating-vault-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1967
Type
House
Period
Georgian
Address
Gillets House, the Street, Smarden, TN27 8QA
OS grid reference
TQ 880 423
Coordinates
51.14983, 0.68755
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gillets House is a two-story building located on the north side of The Street in Smarden. According to Sir Charles Igglesden’s “Saunters through Kent with a pen and pencil,” the house was built in 1818 by Thomas Hinds. The ground floor retains its original glazing bars. A section of the ground floor has been built out to the west. A one-window-bay addition was constructed in the 19th century on the east end of the building.

Local climate

Gillets 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
  • 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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