Cartshed and Adjoining Shed About 80 Metres South East of Abbey Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1989. Cartshed.

Cartshed and Adjoining Shed About 80 Metres South East of Abbey Farmhouse

WRENN ID
moated-lead-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swale
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 January 1989
Type
Cartshed
OS grid reference
TR 021 617
Coordinates
51.31911, 0.89981
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a cartshed and adjoining shed, located about 80 metres southeast of Abbey Farmhouse, and is likely from the 18th century. It features a weatherboarded timber frame and a hipped roof made of corrugated iron.

The structure has a rectangular plan with six bays. The three wider bays at the west end are open on the north front and west end, while the three narrower bays to the east are enclosed, with a doorway on the north side of the third bay from the east.

On the exterior, the north front has three open bays on the right, supported by curved braces, and is weatherboarded on the left with a doorway to the left of centre. The west end is open, while the east end and the rear (south) are weatherboarded and lack openings.

Inside, the close-studded timber frame remains intact, featuring curved braces in the open bays, tension braces in the closed bays, and jowled wall-posts. However, only a few of the curved braces to the tie-beams are still present. The roof consists of complete common rafters with straight morticed collars, clasped purlins, and a board at the ridge, with carpenter's assembly marks on the joints. The closed east end is believed to have functioned as a carpentry shop, although its original purpose is not definitively known. Despite some missing roof cladding, the structure is complete and serves as an interesting example of an 18th-century farm building.

Local climate

Cartshed and Adjoining Shed About 80 Metres South East of Abbey Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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