The Old Plantation is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 July 1952. Public house. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Plantation
- WRENN ID
- steep-lancet-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 July 1952
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Old Plantation, 33, Plantation Lane, Bearsted, ME14 4BJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 792 554
- Coordinates
- 51.27038, 0.56862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Plantation is a building that likely started as a house and is now a public house. It dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. The structure features close-studded timber framing with plaster infilling and has a plain tile roof that runs at right angles to the road. The 16th-century open hall is accompanied by a 17th-century cross-wing on the left. The right section is approximately 1½ storeys high and consists of two timber-framed bays, with a hipped roof sloping to the right. There is a gabled eaves dormer towards the left end, and below it, a 20th-century bay window with a pentice roof. A 20th-century ribbed door is located at the left end.
The left cross-wing stands two storeys high with an attic, built on a stone plinth. It features a jettied front and a left side elevation facing the road, supported by a dragon post with a moulded capital. The gable has plain bargeboards and a central pendant, while the other end of the roof is hipped. A projecting stack is situated on the left side towards the front, with a stone base and tumbled brickwork at the top. The building has a 3-light leaded casement window in the attic, a first-floor oriel window on brackets, which is probably from the 20th century, and a 20th-century bay window on the ground floor. Inside, there is a moulded crown post towards the right end.
Local climate
The Old Plantation 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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