Mathurst Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1987. Farmhouse.

Mathurst Farmhouse

WRENN ID
muffled-quartz-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Mathurst Farmhouse, Goudhurst Road, Staplehurst, TN12 0HQ
OS grid reference
TQ 772 408
Coordinates
51.13904, 0.53244
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mathurst Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with a facade from the 19th century and a mid-19th century wing. The main part of the building is timber framed and weatherboarded, topped with a plain tile roof. It has two storeys and an attic set on a brick plinth, with a half-hipped roof to the right and a multiple brick ridge stack towards the left end. The windows are arranged irregularly, featuring four in total: a fixed light at the left end, a three-light casement, and two two-light casements. There is a panelled door set in a reeded architrave with decorative paterae and a flat bracketed hood located under the stack.

The wing projects forward to the left and may replace part of the main range. It is rendered and also has a plain tile roof, with two storeys and a gabled design. The front gable features a recessed 16-pane sash window with a cambered head, while the long left side has a regular arrangement of three similar sashes, with gables above the outer two. A central panelled door with a rectangular fanlight is present, along with two stacks towards the main range. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Mathurst 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 greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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