Cherry Tree Cottage, Owl Cottage, John Board Family Butcher is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1982. House, shop. 2 related planning applications.

Cherry Tree Cottage, Owl Cottage, John Board Family Butcher

WRENN ID
calm-gargoyle-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1982
Type
House, shop
Address
Cherry Tree Cottage, Owl Cottage, John Board Family Butcher, High Street, Farningham, DA4 0DP
OS grid reference
TQ 545 670
Coordinates
51.38186, 0.21919
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century range of buildings comprising Cherry Tree Cottage, Owl Cottage, and the former John Board Family Butcher’s shop. The building has two storeys and five windows. It is primarily constructed of red brick, with a section faced with flint. The roof is tiled. The windows are casement types. Two doorcases are present, each with a flat hood above the doorway. A modern shopfront has been added to the north-west end of the ground floor.

Local climate

Cherry Tree Cottage, Owl Cottage, John Board Family Butcher 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2013
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • 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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