Star House Including Boutique is a Grade II* listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. A Post-Medieval House. 2 related planning applications.

Star House Including Boutique

WRENN ID
fallow-bracket-grove
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Type
House
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
Star House Including Boutique, Fordcombe Road, Penshurst, TN11 8DL
OS grid reference
TQ 525 435
Coordinates
51.17104, 0.18004
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Star House is a building dating back to 1610, with 19th-century additions and restoration work. It was once an inn. The building is composed of several elements. To the left is a two-story section with a gable attic window. It features a projecting chimney with a stone base and paired Tudor brick stacks. The ground floor has a stone plinth, above which the walls are brick. A square projecting bay window on the ground floor has diamond-paned sashes, mullions, transoms, and a tiled hood. The second floor is half-timbered with plaster infilling, and a square projecting bay window, also with diamond-paned sashes, mullions, and transoms, is supported by carved, ornamental brackets. There are two small sets of diamond-paned lights to either side of this bay. The overhanging gable end has an exposed moulded tie beam supported on carved wooden brackets, and a small attic window with shingles in the gable. In the center of the building is a two-story section with a tiled roof over the doorway, which now has a modern restored door with a carved headpiece. To the right is a single-story boutique with a projecting hood supported on timber posts – a modern addition. Brick paving is located in front of the boutique.

Local climate

Star House Including Boutique 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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