Water House is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1990. A C16 House.
Water House
- WRENN ID
- grey-crypt-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1990
- Type
- House
- Address
- Water House, Uckfield Lane, Hever
- OS grid reference
- TQ 469 448
- Coordinates
- 51.18375, 0.10155
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Water House is a building from the 16th century that was refaced in the early 19th century. It measures approximately 8 feet by 6 feet and features an arched roof. The inner lining consists of 16th-century brickwork laid in English bond, while the outer covering is made of early 19th-century brown brick in Flemish bond. The front of the building has a slit aperture and a wooden pegged architrave, although the door is missing. Inside, there is Tudor brickwork and a well shaft located below the water line.
Local climate
Water House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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