Bydews Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1974. A C18 Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Bydews Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- deep-flue-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1974
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Bydews Farmhouse, Tovil Green, ME15 0JB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 748 543
- Coordinates
- 51.26158, 0.50476
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bydews Farmhouse is a 18th-century farmhouse constructed of painted brick. It has a mansard roof tiled in slate. The side elevation features two casement windows set within cambered surrounds. A lean-to porch extends from the right side, and a two-story extension is present on the left side, with a painted brick ground floor and a timber-framed first floor. Bydews Farmhouse is part of a group of buildings including Bydews Place, a dovecote in the grounds, a cottage to the northwest of Bydews Place, a former granary to the southwest of the farmhouse, and an oast house to the southwest of the former granary.
Local climate
Bydews Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 2 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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