Roses Oast is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1985. Oast house. 4 related planning applications.
Roses Oast
- WRENN ID
- tilted-mantel-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1985
- Type
- Oast house
- Address
- Roses Oast, Upper Street, Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, ME17 1PS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 838 523
- Coordinates
- 51.24046, 0.6325
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Roses Oast is a 19th-century oasthouse located in Broomfield. It is constructed of stone with red brick dressings, and has plain tile roofs. The building comprises a rectangular stowage with two circular kilns at the north-west end. The kilns have conical roofs that are truncated towards the tops. The stowage roof is hipped to the north. The interior has not been inspected. The building is included on the list because of its group value.
Local climate
Roses Oast sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 3 transactions since 1999
- 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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