Wall Running South South East from Gatehouse to River is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. Wall.

Wall Running South South East from Gatehouse to River

WRENN ID
tattered-casement-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Type
Wall
Address
Wall Running South South East from Gatehouse to River, Penshurst
OS grid reference
TQ 528 438
Coordinates
51.17304, 0.18455
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 17th-century tall wall made of red brick, running south-south-east from the gatehouse to the river. It features a tall, sloped coping and 19th-century sloped stone buttresses. At either end, there are a pair of tall, square piers with rebated angles and tall pyramidal caps. The space between the piers is filled with a later wall and cast iron railing.

Local climate

Wall Running South South East from Gatehouse to River 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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