Byfrance is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
Byfrance
- WRENN ID
- other-wattle-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Byfrance, Otham Lane, Bearsted, ME15 8SJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 802 547
- Coordinates
- 51.26301, 0.58257
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
House, likely dating from the 17th century or earlier. The house is timber-framed with brick infilling. The front elevation has a pebbledashed first floor, while the right gable end is brick and the left gable end is brick and tile-hung. The roof is covered in plain tiles and is half-hipped at the right end. The building stands on a stone plinth. Projecting gable-end stacks are present: two to the right and one to the left, the latter set on a stone base and slightly behind the main building. The windows are irregular, featuring two 2-light casements, one at the left end and one to the right of centre. A central panelled door has two lights above it. There is a rear lean-to addition.
Local climate
Byfrance sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- 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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