1, West Street is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. Hotel. 2 related planning applications.
1, West Street
- WRENN ID
- final-hearth-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1950
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- 1, West Street, Faversham, ME13 7AG
- OS grid reference
- TR 015 613
- Coordinates
- 51.31571, 0.89058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, known as No 1 West Street, is part of the Ship Hotel, with the main address being No 16 The Market Place. It is a 15th-century timber-framed structure that was altered in the 18th century but still features an overhang on its first floor supported by a bressummer and brackets. The building has two gables, with the west gable also overhanging in a similar manner. It has a modern shop front, while the upper part is stuccoed. The first floor has sash windows with intact glazing bars. The building consists of two storeys and an attic in the west gable, with two windows present. Nos 1 and 2, along with Nos 4 to 12 consecutively, form a group with Nos 14 to 16 consecutively on The Market Place.
Local climate
1, West Street 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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