Garden Niche to West of Franks Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1982. Garden ornament.

Garden Niche to West of Franks Hall

WRENN ID
seventh-corridor-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1982
Type
Garden ornament
Address
Garden Niche to West of Franks Hall, Franks Lane, Horton Kirby and South Darenth
OS grid reference
TQ 553 678
Coordinates
51.38828, 0.23182
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden niche to the west of Franks Hall is a probable 19th-century garden ornament designed in an 18th-century style. It is located in the rear wall of a yellow brick Victorian garden shed, which is not of special interest. The niche serves as the endpoint of a view from the garden. It features a stone panel approximately 12 feet high, adorned with a cornice that includes a shield and cornucopia, pilasters, and a shell with the head of Neptune. There is also a vacant plinth intended for a statue.

Local climate

Garden Niche to West of Franks Hall 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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