Fairbourne Oast is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1984. Oast.
Fairbourne Oast
- WRENN ID
- endless-brass-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1984
- Type
- Oast
- Address
- Fairbourne Oast, Fairbourne Lane, Harrietsham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 865 518
- Coordinates
- 51.23503, 0.67125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fairbourne Oast is an oasthouse that has been converted into a house. It was built in the 1870s and underwent conversion in the late 20th century. The kilns are constructed from a chequered pattern of red and grey brick and feature plain tile roofs. There are two linked circular kilns that have a diagonally dentilled brick eaves cornice and conical roofs topped with weatherboarded cowls.
To the south, there is a stowage area made of red brick in Flemish bond with occasional grey headers and a slate roof. This structure is two storeys tall, with the roof hipped to the right. The building has a regular arrangement of three 2-light casement windows. There is a first-floor loading door located between the first and second windows from the right. The ground floor features three double doors and one single door with slatted ventilation, all of which have segmental heads. The interior has not been inspected. The building is listed for its group value.
Local climate
Fairbourne Oast sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% 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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