The Leicester Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Hotel. 1 related planning application.
The Leicester Arms Hotel
- WRENN ID
- odd-niche-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- The Leicester Arms Hotel, Main Street, Penshurst, TN11 8BT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 527 437
- Coordinates
- 51.17269, 0.18301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Leicester Arms Hotel is a building originally from the 17th century, although it has been significantly altered over time. It has two storeys and an attic, featuring five windows. The ground floor is finished in stucco with a tarred plinth, while the first floor is tile hung. The roof is a large half hip, covered with tiles and includes three leaded dormers. The windows on the first floor are late 18th century sash windows with bars. There are also two modern projecting tiled porches. The Leicester Arms Hotel, along with Nos 1 & 2 (Rectory Cottages), Nos 1 & 2 (Leicester House), and The Buxton House Stores, forms a group of buildings.
Local climate
The Leicester Arms Hotel receives an average of 760 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 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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