Kenfield Oast is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1967. Residential. 4 related planning applications.

Kenfield Oast

WRENN ID
woven-corridor-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1967
Type
Residential
Address
Kenfield Oast, Kenfield Road, Petham, CT4 5RN
OS grid reference
TR 120 529
Coordinates
51.23662, 1.03686
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kenfield Oast is a former oasthouse and granary that has been restored and converted into a residence. It features stones inscribed with "S T 1837" and "R E T 1837". The building is two storeys high with attics, constructed from red brick and topped with tiled roofs. It originally housed four oasthouses, with the end ones being square and the others circular. The right side has windows and a gable in the center, along with a hoist and doors below. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Kenfield Oast receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% 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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