Oasthouse About 5 Metres North West of Great Tong is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1986. Oasthouse.
Oasthouse About 5 Metres North West of Great Tong
- WRENN ID
- unlit-ashlar-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1986
- Type
- Oasthouse
- OS grid reference
- TQ 832 464
- Coordinates
- 51.18828, 0.62029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 19th-century oasthouse is located about 5 metres north-west of Great Tong, along Tong Lane in Headcorn. The building features small blocks of coursed stone with brick dressings used for the stowage area, while the kilns are constructed of red brick in Flemish bond. It has a plain tile roof and a rectangular stowage section that includes three circular kilns along the long rear (west) wall. The eaves bands are made of plain brick, and the kilns have conical roofs. The stowage area contains two sets of 2-light first-floor casement windows, with one light of each being boarded. There is a central door on the first floor and a ground floor door with a segmental head towards the left end of the stowage. Weather vanes are present on the kilns. The interior has not been inspected. This oasthouse is included for its group value.
Local climate
Oasthouse About 5 Metres North West of Great Tong 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 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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