Sutton Forge Oast is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1987. A C19 Oast house.

Sutton Forge Oast

WRENN ID
mired-remnant-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 March 1987
Type
Oast house
Address
Sutton Forge Oast, Smarden, Tonbridge, TN12 9DY
OS grid reference
TQ 746 445
Coordinates
51.17311, 0.49677
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sutton Forge Oast is a 19th-century oasthouse located in Marden. The building features a kiln and ground floor made of red brick in Flemish bond, while the first floor is weatherboarded. It has plain tile roofs and is rectangular with two bays, including a circular kiln at the right end. The stowage is two storeys high and was formerly open at the front on the ground floor. There is a dentilled brick eaves cornice on the kiln, a hipped roof on the left end of the stowage, and a conical roof with a cowl on the kiln. The stowage has one twelve-light centrally-pivoting casement window and a boarded first-floor loading door accessed by an external flight of wooden stairs at the right end. Garage doors are located at the left end of the ground floor. Inside, the walls are finished with lath and hair-plaster. The building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Sutton Forge Oast receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% 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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