The Keep is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. A {"late medieval"} Hall house. 3 related planning applications.
The Keep
- WRENN ID
- final-rubblework-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Hall house
- Period
- {"late medieval"}
- Address
- The Keep, High Street, Kemsing, TN15 6NA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 555 587
- Coordinates
- 51.30644, 0.22957
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Keep is a probably small, three-bay late medieval hall house with later casing, located on the north side of High Street in Kemsing. It features a high-pitched hipped tiled roof with ridge gablets and stands two storeys tall with an attic. The building has four irregularly placed windows, including two dormer windows that rest on the wall plate. There is a compound stack near the right end of the ridge. The first floor is tile hung, while the ground floor is made of brick. The windows are modern leaded casements, and there is a modern canted bay on the left and an enclosed brick porch on the right. Inside, there is much exposed timber and an inglenook fireplace. The Keep is part of a group that includes Rose Cottage, The Well Cottage, Castle Bank, and Fairway.
Local climate
The Keep receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 1 transaction since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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