Layhams House is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1973. A C18 Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.

Layhams House

WRENN ID
narrow-passage-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bromley
Constituency
Bromley and Biggin Hill MP: Peter Fortune (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 June 1973
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Layhams House, Layhams Road, BR2 6AR
OS grid reference
TQ 399 625
Coordinates
51.34468, 0.00759
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Layhams House, located on Layhams Road in West Wickham, dates from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. This L-shaped building features a ground floor that is faced with flint and has red brick dressings, while the first floor is tile hung. The roof is hipped and tiled, with one hipped dormer. The front elevation includes three sash windows with intact glazing bars and a central hipped weather porch. The side elevation has four sash windows, also with intact glazing bars.

Local climate

Layhams House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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