The Shrubbery is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1959. A C18 Farmhouse.
The Shrubbery
- WRENN ID
- distant-arch-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1959
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Shrubbery, Five Vents Lane, Old Romney
- OS grid reference
- TR 034 252
- Coordinates
- 50.99057, 0.89776
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shrubbery is a farmhouse with a facade dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century, possibly built over an earlier structure. The front elevation is made of yellow-red brick, while the left gable end was rebuilt in the 20th century. The roof is covered with plain tiles and the building has two storeys, featuring a moulded wood eaves cornice. There is a 20th-century brick stack on the left gable and a projecting stack on the right. The front has a regular arrangement of three windows, consisting of two 16-pane glazing bar sashes and a central 12-pane glazing bar sash. On the ground floor, there are two canted bay windows. The central door has six fielded panels and a decorative semi-circular fanlight, is recessed, and is flanked by Doric pilasters and a broken-based pediment. Above the front door, there is a fire insurance plaque. A rear wing extends to the right. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Shrubbery receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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