Cheyney House the Rock House is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 March 1950. A C18 House. 2 related planning applications.

Cheyney House the Rock House

WRENN ID
young-casement-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swale
Constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP: Kevin McKenna (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 March 1950
Type
House
Address
Cheyney House the Rock House, 124, Marine Parade, Sheerness, ME12 2BE
OS grid reference
TQ 932 749
Coordinates
51.44045, 0.77913
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cheyney House, also known as The Rock House, is an 18th-century house situated on Marine Parade in Sheerness. It is a three-story brick building with a parapet featuring stone coping, concealing a slate roof. The front elevation has five windows on each of the first and second floors, these being internally recessed sash windows with plaster reveals. Two doors from the late 18th century are present, one featuring a circular traceried fanlight. A square, projecting window is located on the first floor.

Local climate

Cheyney House the Rock House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • 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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