Petleys is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1954. House. 5 related planning applications.
Petleys
- WRENN ID
- sunken-postern-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Orpington MP: Gareth Bacon (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- Petleys, Luxted Road, BR6 7JS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 430 615
- Coordinates
- 51.33522, 0.05185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Petleys is an early 18th century house that was built by the Petley family and later owned by the niece of Josiah Wedgwood. The building consists of two parallel ranges and has two storeys with attics, featuring five windows and two gabled dormers. It has a brick dentil band and a coved wooden eaves cornice, topped with a tiled roof. The façade is faced with knapped flints, accented by red brick window dressings, quoins, and a stringcourse, while the sides are stuccoed. There is a 19th century sundial on the left side and a 19th century gabled porch.
Local climate
Petleys receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2018
- 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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