Former Industrial building belonging to Knowles Removals and Storage is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1976. A C19 Industrial building. 2 related planning applications.

Former Industrial building belonging to Knowles Removals and Storage

WRENN ID
hushed-slate-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 June 1976
Type
Industrial building
Address
Former Industrial building belonging to Knowles Removals and Storage, The Old Warehouse, Station Approach, TN23 1EZ
OS grid reference
TR 011 423
Coordinates
51.14477, 0.87463
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Warehouse, a former industrial building belonging to Knowles Removals and Storage, dates from the mid-19th century. It is a four-storey structure built of stock brick with a slate roof. The building features pilasters that extend the full height and are connected by cantered arcading. There is a weatherboarded lucam and spherical ties. The facade includes four windows, some of which are fixed casements.

Local climate

Former Industrial building belonging to Knowles Removals and Storage 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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