Former Oasthouse About 20 Metres South South East of the Wool House and Wool House Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1967. Oast house.
Former Oasthouse About 20 Metres South South East of the Wool House and Wool House Cottage
- WRENN ID
- under-porch-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1967
- Type
- Oast house
- OS grid reference
- TQ 756 520
- Coordinates
- 51.24067, 0.51428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This former oasthouse, located about 20 metres south-south-east of The Wool House and Wool House Cottage, dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century and was altered in the 1920s. It is constructed from small blocks of coursed galleted stone with tooled stone dressings and features a corrugated iron roof. The building is a rectangular stowage or barn oast, approximately 70 feet long and 30 feet wide, and is partly built into the side of a hill. It has three storeys, with the ground floor partly underground at the south-east end. The roof is mono-pitched.
The exterior includes long-and-short tooled stone quoins and an irregular arrangement of windows. There are three evenly spaced latticed 6-light mullioned and transomed windows on the second floor. The north-west end features former loading doorways for each floor, now with latticed lights, separated only by stone lintels. A small 3-light wooden diamond mullion window is located on the right end of the ground floor.
Inside, most of the ground floor appears to be occupied by enclosed stone hearths. The building previously had two additional weatherboarded storeys and was part of a larger complex of similar structures. It is included for its group value.
Local climate
Former Oasthouse About 20 Metres South South East of the Wool House and Wool House Cottage 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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