Southdown House the Square is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Almshouse. 14 related planning applications.
Southdown House the Square
- WRENN ID
- fading-turret-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Southdown House the Square, 2-9, High Street, Leigh, TN11 8RJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 547 464
- Coordinates
- 51.19606, 0.21385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Southdown House is a late 19th-century range of buildings, arranged in a shallow U-shape and resembling a row of almshouses. It has a tiled roof with tall, decorative brick chimneys. The building is two storeys high, with one or two windows in each section, most of which are beneath gables, except for the outer portions of the left and right wings. The architectural style is picturesque neo-Tudor, incorporating oversailing attics and first floors. The construction utilizes a variety of materials including stone, brick, half-timbering with pebble-dashed surfaces, and wood shingles. The windows are casement windows of multiple lights, some of which are canted, while others are square or oriels supported by carved brackets. The building has boarded doors. Southdown House, together with numbers 2 to 9 of The Square, and a nearby cottage, are designated as a group due to their shared architectural character.
Local climate
Southdown House the Square 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 — 12 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 14 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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