Becketts Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Becketts Croft
- WRENN ID
- still-gargoyle-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Becketts Croft, Malling Road, Teston, ME18 5AR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 703 535
- Coordinates
- 51.2555, 0.43994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Becketts Croft is a house dating from the early 18th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century. It is constructed of dark red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with lighter red brick dressings and "chainage". The left gable end features chequered red and grey brick. The roof is covered with plain tiles and is hipped, with two rear brick stacks and two flat-roofed dormers.
The house has two storeys and an attic, set on a chamfered brick plinth. A moulded wooden eaves cornice with plain modillions runs along the top of the house. The front elevation has a regular arrangement of five windows, which are slightly recessed sashes spaced in a 2:1:2 pattern, with wavy rubbed brick heads. Sunk rubbed brick panels are positioned between the ground and first-floor windows. The two left-hand ground-floor windows have depressed ogee rubbed brick heads. A late 19th-century bay window is situated on the right side. The central front door is half-glazed and has a rectangular top light, sheltered by an open gabled porch.
A short rear return wing is located to the left, with a chequered brick ground floor, weatherboarded first floor, and a hipped plain tile roof. A short red brick rear wing extends to the right. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Becketts Croft 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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