1-8, The Square is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1976. Almshouses, cottages. 1 related planning application.
1-8, The Square
- WRENN ID
- tall-stronghold-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 1976
- Type
- Almshouses, cottages
- Address
- 1-8, The Square, Selling, ME13 9QZ
- OS grid reference
- TR 032 566
- Coordinates
- 51.27305, 0.91268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Square numbers 1-8 consist of 18th-century almshouses or workhouse cottages, later restored in the late 20th century. The buildings are timber framed with painted brick infill on a painted brick ground floor, and feature tile hung outer facades. They have a plain tiled roof. The arrangement follows a ground plan of three sides of a square courtyard. Each wing is two storeys high and has a hipped roof, featuring three stacks. The side wings have regular fenestration with six horizontally sliding sash windows on each floor. The central range has five windows on the first floor and three on the ground floor. There are three boarded doors to each wing and two to the central range.
Local climate
1-8, The Square 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 16 transactions since 1996
- 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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