West Yoke Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 2001. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
West Yoke Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- graven-postern-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 2001
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- West Yoke Farmhouse, Ash-Cum-Ridley, TN15 7HT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 595 656
- Coordinates
- 51.36717, 0.28996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Yoke Farmhouse is a late 16th-century farmhouse that was refronted in 1681, with the date and initials "RM" above the front door. It was extended by one bay in the early 20th century and refenestrated in the late 20th century. The building is timberframed and has a red brick facade with grey headers in Flemish bond, along with tile-hanging to the first floor. The roof is tiled, hipped, and features a catslide to the rear, together with a clustered brick chimneystack dating back to the late 16th century. The farmhouse follows a lobby entrance plan and has two storeys and three windows on the north, or entrance, front. This front has 20th-century casement windows in original openings, with cambered head linings to the ground floor. A wide doorcase opposite the chimneystack features an original flat wooden hood on brackets, sheltering a plank door. The facade incorporates a moulded wooden cornice and a plat band. The west front displays 18th-century brickwork to both floors. The south elevation, now the entrance front, has a catslide roof extending to the southwest.
Inside, the hall has stone flooring and a late 18th-century winder staircase. The sitting room contains a late 18th-century six-panelled door and a round-headed wooden china cabinet. An open fireplace may be concealed behind the 20th-century replacement. The dining room features an open fireplace with a wooden shelf and an 18th-century gun rack, as well as a spine beam with two-inch chamfer and run-out stops. The first floor retains wide floorboards, a late 17th-century cupboard in one bedroom, and exposed wall framing and partitions. The roof is constructed of oak and is of queenpost type with purlins, and reportedly includes a valley gutter.
Local climate
West Yoke Farmhouse 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- 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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