Former Toll House at Tq 842 441 is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1986. Toll house.
Former Toll House at Tq 842 441
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-forge-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1986
- Type
- Toll house
- Address
- Former Toll House at Tq 842 441, Smarden Road, Headcorn
- OS grid reference
- TQ 842 440
- Coordinates
- 51.16644, 0.6334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former toll house, now a house, dates from the early 19th century and has undergone later alterations. It features a chequered pattern of red and grey brick in Flemish bond on the front elevation and gable ends, while the rear elevation is constructed from small blocks of Bethersden marble. The building has a plain tile roof and is situated at the junction of Smarden Road and Biddenden Road, with a rectangular plan.
The Biddenden Road elevation is two storeys high and includes a plain band and slightly projecting eaves with flat soffits. The roof is hipped, with a rear stack on the left and a slightly projecting stack on the right gable end. The front has a regular two-window arrangement with 2-light casements, and there is a small 12-pane Gothick casement on the ground floor of the left gable end. The rear has no windows except for a small ground-floor light. A boarded door with a segmental head is located in a brick porch on the left gable end. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Former Toll House at Tq 842 441 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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