Oasthouse About 10 Metres North of Great Sheephurst Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1987. A Early to mid 19th century Oasthouse.
Oasthouse About 10 Metres North of Great Sheephurst Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- young-mullion-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1987
- Type
- Oasthouse
- Period
- Early to mid 19th century
- OS grid reference
- TQ 725 438
- Coordinates
- 51.168, 0.46651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an oasthouse located about 10 metres north of Great Sheephurst Farmhouse, dating from the early to mid-19th century. The ground floor is constructed of a chequered pattern of red and grey brick, while the first floor is weatherboarded. The kilns are made of red and grey brick, and the roofs are covered with plain tiles. The building has a rectangular stowage area that is two storeys high, with two circular kilns situated at the north (right) gable end. There is a cogged brick eaves cornice on the kilns, a hipped roof on the stowage, and conical roofs with cowls on the kilns. The stowage features a first-floor loading door on the left gable end, another loading door at the rear towards the right end, and one single and two double doors on the ground floor at the rear. There is also a boarded door at the base of the kilns. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Oasthouse About 10 Metres North of Great Sheephurst Farmhouse 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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