Bydews Place is a Grade II* listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1951. A Medieval to Early Modern House. 8 related planning applications.
Bydews Place
- WRENN ID
- carved-ember-moss
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1951
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval to Early Modern
- Address
- Bydews Place, Tovil Green, ME15 0JB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 748 542
- Coordinates
- 51.26101, 0.50452
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bydews Place is a Weeden Hall house dating from the 15th to 16th centuries, which was refronted in the 18th century. It is L-shaped, with a central section and two wings. The front elevation is two storeys high with attics, and has a plastered façade. The roof is tiled with hips and features four dormers. There are four windows in total, some being casement windows with small square leaded panes, others sash windows retaining their glazing bars, although some modern windows are also present. A 19th-century gabled porch sits at the front, and a stone chimney breast is visible on the south-west side. The north-east wing is constructed of stone and contains two casement windows, likely dating from the 17th century. Inside, a triple crown post roof is a significant feature. The house was formerly known as Beddowes Place and was once the home of the antiquary, the Rev Beale Poste. It forms a group with a dovecote in the grounds, a cottage to the north-west, Bydews Farmhouse, a former granary to the south-west of the farmhouse, and an oast house located to the south-west of the granary.
Local climate
Bydews Place 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 — 7 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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