The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. Rectory. 4 related planning applications.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- solemn-tower-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, Penshurst, TN11 8BN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 527 438
- Coordinates
- 51.1735, 0.18299
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a Grade II listed building from the Queen Anne period. It has two storeys and a dormer, featuring a hip tiled roof with projecting moulded eaves and a modillion cornice. The structure is built of brick, incorporating blue headers and rubbed headers above the windows, with a brick plinth and band. The front elevation is symmetrical, showcasing a central panelled door flanked by square lights and fluted pilasters. These pilasters support a broken entablature and a segmental pediment. There are 13 sash windows, although the bars have been replaced. The side elevation facing the church is constructed of stone laid in continuous courses, accented with red brick dressing. At the rear, there is a projecting wing from the late 18th century.
Local climate
The Rectory 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.
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- 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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