79, London Road is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 October 1971. House. 4 related planning applications.
79, London Road
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 October 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- 79, London Road, TN13 1AX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 528 548
- Coordinates
- 51.27254, 0.18991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
79 London Road is a late 18th-century building featuring a two-window facade and three storeys. It has eaves and a gutter, with a hipped tiled roof and a central brick chimney stack. The ground floor is constructed of random stone, accented with red brick quoins and dressings, while the first and second floors are made of red brick. On the ground floor, there is a small shop window to the left, accompanied by a half-glazed and panelled door, and a sash window to the right. The first floor has two square projecting bay windows that extend over the pavement, with boarded soffits and rendered fronts. Each bay contains sash windows with glazing bars and has flat leaded roofs. The second floor features one recessed brick panel to the left and one sash window to the right, also with glazing bars. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 73 to 93 (odd).
Local climate
79, London Road 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 2019
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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