The Village Lockup is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. Lock-up. 2 related planning applications.
The Village Lockup
- WRENN ID
- still-glass-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1967
- Type
- Lock-up
- Address
- The Village Lockup, Vicarage Road, Yalding, ME18 6DJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 699 502
- Coordinates
- 51.22622, 0.43246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Lockup is a lock-up building dating from the late 18th century or 19th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features a plain tile roof. The building is single storey and has a dentilled brick eaves cornice along with a pyramidal roof. There are no windows present. The front has a central door made of studded vertical boarding with diagonal boarded backing, secured by three long heavy hinges, and an iron judas that hinges towards the top. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Village Lockup receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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