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
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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