The Grove (Now A School) is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. School.
The Grove (Now A School)
- WRENN ID
- idle-glass-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Grove (Now A School), Grove Road, Seal
- OS grid reference
- TQ 558 560
- Coordinates
- 51.2824, 0.23364
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grove, dating from around 1800, is a country mansion that has been converted into a school. It stands three storeys tall and features sash windows. The building has broad projecting eaves supported by brackets and is topped with a Welsh slate roof. The stonework is laid in continuous courses, with flint infilling. Inside, there are notable features, and to the right, there is a later two-storey wing that projects outwards and includes a pillared porch at the angle.
Local climate
The Grove (Now A School) receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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
- No related consent applications matched
- 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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