The Horseshoes is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
The Horseshoes
- WRENN ID
- former-loft-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Horseshoes, Chiddingstone, TN8 7AT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 506 468
- Coordinates
- 51.20112, 0.15432
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Horseshoes is a 16th-century timber-framed cottage that has been re-fronted. It is a two-storey, two-window structure with a high-pitched tiled roof and a ridge stack primarily made of old bricks. The first floor is tile hung, while the ground floor is red brick with some blue headers. The windows are small-paned iron casements from the early 19th century. A plain plank door is sheltered by a small, flat hood. A modern, single-storey extension has been added to the left, designed to be in keeping with the original building.
Local climate
The Horseshoes 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
- 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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