Nos 1, 2 and 3 The Crown and Carriage Entrance to South is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. A C16 House. 4 related planning applications.

Nos 1, 2 and 3 The Crown and Carriage Entrance to South

WRENN ID
heavy-chancel-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 May 1967
Type
House
Address
Nos 1, 2 and 3 The Crown and Carriage Entrance to South, High Street, Staplehurst, TN12 0AU
OS grid reference
TQ 786 430
Coordinates
51.15902, 0.55276
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a row of three houses, possibly originally an inn, dating to the mid-16th century and restored in the early 20th century. The building is timber-framed with rendered infilling, and has a plain tile roof. There are approximately 8 timber-framed bays, incorporating 2 stack bays. The structure is two storeys high with cellars. A brick plinth is present, with a stone base at the left end. The framing is close-studded. A continuous jetty runs along the front, supported by a moulded bressumer with moulded solid-spandrel brackets. A mid-height rail divides the first floor, interrupted by principal posts and studs flanking windows. The roof is half-hipped to the left with a gablet; to the right, it is hipped with a gablet extending down to a lower ridge over the right end of the main range and over the carriage entrance. Brick ridge stacks are visible on the second and sixth timber-framed bays from the left, with a rear brick stack between them and another at the right end. The window openings contain 6 leaded, 3-light wood mullion casements. There are 3 ribbed doors with 4-centred-arched heads, each leading up a flight of stone steps and featuring a small grilled Judas. An arch-braced carriage entrance is located at the right end of the building. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Nos 1, 2 and 3 The Crown and Carriage Entrance to South 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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