Hook's Hole is a Grade II* listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1952. A N/A Domestic. 6 related planning applications.
Hook's Hole
- WRENN ID
- solitary-zinc-yew
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP: Kevin McKenna (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1952
- Type
- Domestic
- Period
- N/A
- Address
- Hook's Hole, Chestnut Street, Borden, ME9 8DA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 876 638
- Coordinates
- 51.3432, 0.69234
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a Wealden hall house dating to the 15th century. It is timber framed and has exposed framing with painted brick and plaster infill, covered by a plain tiled roof. The house has four framed bays, extending over two floors, with projecting jetties to the left and right, supported by dragon posts. The eaves are coved over the central recessed hall. The roof is hipped, incorporating gablets and stacks positioned to the rear left, centre, and the projecting end to the right. The windows are irregularly placed, with three wooden casements on the first floor and two on the ground floor. The original plank and stud door is set within a 4-centred arched and moulded surround, featuring an indecipherable inscription above. Inside, a floor was inserted over the hall in the 17th century. There is a carved beam, and the roof is a crown post design, braced to the collar from the base of the post.
Local climate
Hook's Hole sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 1 transaction since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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