The Fostall is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

The Fostall

WRENN ID
hollow-attic-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swale
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
The Fostall, 1-2, Hernhill, ME13 9JQ
OS grid reference
TR 066 614
Coordinates
51.31482, 0.96322
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A house, now a pair of cottages, dating from the 16th century. The building is timber framed and originally constructed with brick, yellow stock brick, and weather boarding. It has a plain tiled roof. The structure is one storey high with an attic, set upon a high brick plinth. A hipped roof is present, incorporating two hipped dormers, and a stack is located to the centre left. The front elevation features three wooden casement windows and a central half-glazed door.

Local climate

The Fostall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
  • 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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