The Castle Inn is a Grade II* listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. A Early Modern Inn. 2 related planning applications.
The Castle Inn
- WRENN ID
- frozen-baluster-claret
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Inn
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- The Castle Inn, High Street, Chiddingstone, TN8 7AH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 500 451
- Coordinates
- 51.18592, 0.14556
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Castle Inn is a 16th century framed structure with an early 17th century gable end projection and later alterations to its exterior. It has two storeys and an attic window in the gable end, along with a half cellar light. The elevation is tile hung and features a wide stone plinth. The building includes diamond paned casement windows and a projecting octagon bay that rises two storeys, showcasing mullioned and transomed windows. This bay supports an oversailing gable end adorned with ornamental pendant brackets and bargeboards, along with a central hanging pendant and a moulded tie beam. The roof is covered with ridge tiles and has a stack. There is a small restored projecting tiled porch with an ornamental hanging lamp. The side elevation reveals exposed timber framing with brick infilling and a tile hung gable end. Inside, the ceilings are low with exposed beams and an inglenook fireplace. In front of the inn, there is a cobbled stone verge leading to the roadway. The Castle Inn, along with Nos 1 to 4 (consecutive) and No 6, as well as the gate to Coddingstone Castle, form a group.
Local climate
The Castle Inn receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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