Forsham is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1968. Farmhouse.
Forsham
- WRENN ID
- turning-threshold-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1968
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Forsham, Forsham Lane, Sutton Valence
- OS grid reference
- TQ 808 482
- Coordinates
- 51.20522, 0.58705
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forsham is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century or 17th century, with later alterations. It is timber framed, with the ground floor underbuilt in red and grey brick laid in Flemish bond. The first floor features broadly-spaced studding, four tension braces, and brick nogging. The roof is covered with plain tiles and has a lobby entry plan. The building is two storeys high with a garret, set on a stone plinth. The roof is half-hipped to the left, and there is an off-centre brick ridge stack to the right. The windows are irregularly arranged, consisting of three 3-light casements. There is a 20th-century ribbed door located under the stack, and a rear lean-to is situated to the right, along with a central rear stair turret. A rear wing to the left is not included in this description. The interior showcases exposed framing.
Local climate
Forsham 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 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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