Little Franks is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1982. House. 2 related planning applications.
Little Franks
- WRENN ID
- twisted-rafter-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- Little Franks, Franks Lane, Horton Kirby and South Darenth, DA4 9JJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 558 677
- Coordinates
- 51.38746, 0.23814
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Franks is a 17th-century building that has undergone significant restoration. It is two storeys high and constructed of red brick, topped with a tiled roof featuring two gabled dormers. The building has four casement windows and a later addition of a gabled weather porch. A crown fire plaque is also present. Inside, the property showcases exposed beams, adding to its historical character.
Local climate
Little Franks 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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