Old Mead Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1980. Farmhouse.
Old Mead Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- winding-keep-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1980
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Old Mead Farmhouse, Marshside, Chislet
- OS grid reference
- TR 224 666
- Coordinates
- 51.35565, 1.19299
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Mead Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building, originally two cottages dating from the 16th century, possibly around 1520. The structure is two storeys high and features a timber frame that was refaced in red brick during the 18th century. It has a steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof and three windows, with casements except for one sash window that retains its original glazing. There is a modern gabled porch and a modern addition at the back. The building was known as Poors Farm from 1582 until late in the 20th century. The owner, John Taylor, left the dwelling and surrounding land in his will of 1581 "to relieve the poor," which is how the name originated. The property remained in Trust ownership until 1938.
Local climate
Old Mead Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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