The Chimney at Horton Kirby Paper Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 2003. Chimney. 5 related planning applications.
The Chimney at Horton Kirby Paper Mill
- WRENN ID
- cold-groin-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 2003
- Type
- Chimney
- Address
- The Chimney at Horton Kirby Paper Mill, Horton Kirby and South Darenth
- OS grid reference
- TQ 563 695
- Coordinates
- 51.40306, 0.246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chimney at Horton Kirby Paper Mill is a Grade II listed structure, dated 1881, located in South Darenth. It is designed in an Italianate style resembling a campanile. The lower section is constructed of stock brick, while the upper part features red brick with stone dressings. Each face of the chimney has two long panels containing two blocked openings on four levels. The upper section is adorned with a moulded dentil cornice and includes two round-headed arches on each side, complete with keystones and a stone cornice supported by moulded brackets. The base consists of plain brick beneath a moulded cornice. In 1918, a 70-foot circular extension made of stock brick was added to the top to improve emissions dispersal, which was later reduced by half in the late 20th century; this extension is not considered of special interest. The Horton Kirby Paper Mill operated on this site from 1830 until 2003, previously housing an earlier flour mill.
Local climate
The Chimney at Horton Kirby Paper Mill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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