7 and 8, Preston Street is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1970. House. 4 related planning applications.
7 and 8, Preston Street
- WRENN ID
- gilded-wattle-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- 7 and 8, Preston Street, Faversham, ME13 8NS
- OS grid reference
- TR 016 612
- Coordinates
- 51.31472, 0.89176
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two 15th-century timber-framed houses that were refronted in the 18th century, but retain some original features. The facades are stuccoed, with the ground floor rusticated and the first floor featuring long and short quoins. The first floor has an overhang supported by a moulded bressummer and brackets. A wooden eaves cornice is present, with No. 7 incorporating modillions. The roofs are tiled. Modern shop fronts and first-floor windows are present. The houses are two storeys high, with four windows each. No. 8 has an attic storey with three hipped dormers. Nos. 7 to 19A form a notable group.
Local climate
7 and 8, Preston 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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