Whitepost Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Whitepost Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sacred-sandstone-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Whitepost Farmhouse, Penshurst, TN8 7DL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 509 415
- Coordinates
- 51.15325, 0.1568
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whitepost Farmhouse is a small, late mediaeval three-bay hall, likely dating from the 16th century, that has undergone alterations. It is two storeys high with an irregular arrangement of two and four windows. The building has a high-pitched tiled roof, hipped on the left-hand side with a gablet feature. An old compound stack rises through a lean-to extension on the right. The first floor is tile hung, while the ground floor is red brick, with areas of blue diaper patterning. Modern casements and a gabled porch are present. A left-hand bay is a later addition. Inside, the lower portion of a chimney stack constructed of coursed freestone is visible. The interior features varied floor levels and fairly close-set visible timbers, with a purlin and windbrace roof. The building holds group value as an example of a vernacular building.
Local climate
Whitepost Farmhouse 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 — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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