Cart Shed Adjoining Hemsley Cottage to South East is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1975. Cart shed.
Cart Shed Adjoining Hemsley Cottage to South East
- WRENN ID
- eastward-merlon-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1975
- Type
- Cart shed
- OS grid reference
- TQ 730 489
- Coordinates
- 51.21379, 0.47609
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cart shed, located adjoining Hemsley Cottage to the southeast, dates from the late 18th century or 19th century. The left gable end wall and rear wall are constructed of chequered red and grey brick, while the left gable is weatherboarded above the wall. It features a plain tile roof and is built at right angles to the road. The right gable end is adjacent to a timber-framed barn. The structure is single storey with an open front, supported by two posts towards the center, which are arch-braced to the eaves plate. The roof includes re-used medieval rafters and two cambered tie-beams. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Cart Shed Adjoining Hemsley Cottage to South East 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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