Oast House at Tq 870 499 is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1984. Oast house. 1 related planning application.
Oast House at Tq 870 499
- WRENN ID
- weathered-lantern-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1984
- Type
- Oast house
- Address
- Oast House at Tq 870 499, Elmstone Hole Road, Lenham, ME17 2AJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 870 498
- Coordinates
- 51.21756, 0.6765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an oast house, likely built in the early 19th century. It has a timber frame and is covered in weatherboarding, featuring a plain-tiled conical roof that rises from a circular kiln situated within a square base. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Oast House at Tq 870 499 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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