The Roundels is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1987. Oast house, house.
The Roundels
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-parapet-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1987
- Type
- Oast house, house
- Address
- The Roundels, East Street, Hunton
- OS grid reference
- TQ 729 488
- Coordinates
- 51.21292, 0.47519
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roundels is an oast house from the 19th century that has been converted into a house in the late 20th century. The kilns and the ground floor of the stowage are made of red and grey brick, while the first floor of the stowage is weather-boarded. The building features plain tile roofs and has a rectangular stowage that runs at right angles to the road, with three circular kilns: two at the front gable end and one towards the front of the right side. It is two storeys high and has a doubly-dentilled brick plat band on the stowage and a similar cornice on the kilns. The stowage has a hipped roof, while the kilns have conical roofs with cowls. The fenestration is irregular, with three small three-light wooden casements on the left side of the stowage and two two-light paned casements on each floor of the front kilns. The interior has not been inspected. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Roundels 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
- No related consent applications matched
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