Smiths Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1985. Farmhouse.
Smiths Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- open-moulding-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Smiths Farmhouse, the Hill, Hollingbourne
- OS grid reference
- TQ 853 562
- Coordinates
- 51.2748, 0.65657
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Smiths Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. The ground floor is constructed of red brick, while the first floor is tile-hung. It features a plain tile roof and has a double depth design with two storeys. The roof is hipped, with the hips returning to both the right and left sides. There are slightly projecting gable end stacks. The building has irregular fenestration, consisting of two casements: one is a three-light and the other is a two-light. A boarded door is located towards the centre of the facade. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Smiths Farmhouse 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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