Front Garden Wall to Almshouses, Beginning and Ending Circa 2 Yards South East of Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1984. A 18th century Garden wall.
Front Garden Wall to Almshouses, Beginning and Ending Circa 2 Yards South East of Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- tattered-kitchen-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1984
- Type
- Garden wall
- OS grid reference
- TQ 871 523
- Coordinates
- 51.24001, 0.6799
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The front garden wall to the Almshouses, located approximately 2 yards southeast of the Almshouses, dates from the 1770s. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features plain up-ended brick coping. The wall curves out in front of the Almshouses and stands about 4 feet 6 inches tall, without any buttresses. It is listed for its group value.
Local climate
Front Garden Wall to Almshouses, Beginning and Ending Circa 2 Yards South East of Almshouses sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% 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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