Old Oast is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1980. A C18 House. 4 related planning applications.
Old Oast
- WRENN ID
- waning-niche-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Oast, 72, the Hill, Littlebourne, CT3 1TD
- OS grid reference
- TR 202 577
- Coordinates
- 51.27646, 1.15704
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century building, formerly a poor house. It is constructed of red brick and stands two storeys high with attics. The roof is a tiled mansard style with three dormers. There are three casement windows. A doorcase features pilasters and a fanlight. The building incorporates a square oast house with a pyramidal roof, retaining its cowl and fantail. The property is included on the list for its sociological interest.
Local climate
Old Oast 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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