Downs Court Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1950. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Downs Court Farmhouse

WRENN ID
lesser-hammer-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 May 1950
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Downs Court Farmhouse, Sandown Road, Sandwich
OS grid reference
TR 336 580
Coordinates
51.27336, 1.34907
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Downs Court Farmhouse is a modern timber-framed house built around 1925, which incorporates elements from a 15th-century building. It features two old Dutch brick chimneys designed in the style of the late 16th century and is topped with plain roofing tiles. The end of the house closest to the road has a dragon tie post, and the side elevation facing Sandwich Bay includes all original brackets. The first floor is plastered between the timber frames, while the ground floor is partly plastered and partly made of old brick. The windows are fitted with lead lights.

Local climate

Downs Court Farmhouse 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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