The Shirley is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1987. A C17 Farmhouse.
The Shirley
- WRENN ID
- floating-pier-birch
- 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
- The Shirley, Chart Hill Road, Staplehurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 781 465
- Coordinates
- 51.19045, 0.54847
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shirley is a 17th-century farmhouse located on Chart Hill in Staplehurst. It features a timber frame construction, with the ground floor finished in painted brick and the first floor displaying exposed framing with rendered infilling. The left gable end is weatherboarded, and the roof is covered with plain tiles. The building has two storeys, with the first floor showcasing close-studded framing and thin scantling studs. There are an ogee tension brace on the left end and a concave tension brace on the left end of the right bay. The facade is divided into two timber-framed bays, with the right bay further subdivided, and a narrow central bay. The roof is steeply pitched, hipped on the left side and half-hipped on the right, featuring gablets. A multiple brick stack is located slightly to the left of center. The windows are irregularly arranged, consisting of two small three-light casements, and there is a boarded door situated under the stack. A lean-to is present on the right side. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Shirley 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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