1 AND 2, THE HOLLOW (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
1 AND 2, THE HOLLOW (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- weathered-ember-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 October 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1 AND 2, THE HOLLOW (See details for further address information), West Farleigh, ME15 0NS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 720 526
- Coordinates
- 51.24751, 0.46382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 and 2 The Hollow is a pair of houses, believed to have originally been a barn, dating from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations from the late 18th century or early 19th century. The buildings are timber framed and feature tarred weatherboarding, with some sections beaded. The first floor of the left gable end is pebbledashed, and the roof is covered with plain tiles.
No. 2 includes a short bay that contains a stack, along with two timber-framed bays to the right, the rightmost of which is very short. The structure has two storeys and features a jetty with solid-spandrel brackets on the left gable end. The roof is half-hipped on the left and gabled on the right, with a multiple brick ridge stack positioned to the right of the center.
The windows are arranged irregularly, with three casements: none on the left, one three-light slightly to the left of the stack, one single-light under the stack, and one three-light towards the right end. There is also a two-light casement on the first floor of the left gable end. The entrance to No. 1 has a boarded door with a flat hood situated well to the left of the stack, while No. 2 has a boarded door with a flat corniced and bracketed hood located under the stack. A late 18th century or early 19th century rear lean-to is also present.
The interior has only been partly inspected but reveals exposed framing in No. 2, featuring gunstock-jowled posts and short arch-braces to the tie-beams, along with chamfered, arch-braced wall-plates. There is a blocked two-light first-floor window with an ovolo-moulded cill and roll- and cavetto-moulded mullion located at the rear of the bay to the right of the stack.
Local climate
1 AND 2, THE HOLLOW (See details for further address information) 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 — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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