Giffords is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. House.
Giffords
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-nave-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Giffords, Holmesdale Road, Horton Kirby and South Darenth
- OS grid reference
- TQ 563 696
- Coordinates
- 51.40451, 0.24643
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Giffords is a building from the mid-18th century that was given its current exterior by a lawyer named Thomas Williams. It has two storeys, attics, and a semi-basement. The structure is made of brown brick, featuring red brick window dressings, a stringcourse, and pilasters on either side of the central window bay. The roof is tiled and includes two dormers, while the eaves cornice is painted wood. There are five sash windows with intact glazing bars, and the ground floor windows and dormers have curved heads. The doorcase is topped with a wide flat hood supported by brackets. Although the interior has not been seen, it is reported to contain a priest hole.
Local climate
Giffords 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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