Oast House About 60 Metres South West of Elphicks Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1987. Oast house.

Oast House About 60 Metres South West of Elphicks Farmhouse

WRENN ID
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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
OS grid reference
TQ 713 485
Coordinates
51.21089, 0.45167
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an oasthouse located about 60 metres south-west of Elphicks Farmhouse, dating from the mid-to-late 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with a slate roof over the stowage area and plain tile roofs over the kilns. The gable ends of the stowage are weatherboarded on the upper floors. The building features a rectangular stowage area with three circular kilns on each long side, set back from the gable ends. The stowage is three storeys high, with lower eaves on the kilns, which have a cogged brick cornice. The stowage has a hipped roof, while the kilns have conical roofs, some of which include a louvred vent on one side and four with cowls. Each side of the stowage has one recessed two-light casement window on each floor, positioned between the kilns and the gable ends. There are loading doors at the centre of each upper floor on the gable ends and double doors at the ground floor. Additionally, there is a doorway to the ground floor of one kiln. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Oast House About 60 Metres South West of Elphicks Farmhouse 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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