The Old Guildhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. A C16 House.
The Old Guildhouse
- WRENN ID
- gilded-corbel-mint
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Guildhouse, Leicester Square, Penshurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 527 438
- Coordinates
- 51.17326, 0.18373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Guildhouse is a building dating from the 16th century or earlier, currently divided into two cottages. It is a framed half-timbered house that is well-preserved, featuring two storeys and gable end windows. The roof is covered with ridge tiles and has a central stack. The windows have diamond panes, and the first floor overhangs, supported by carved wooden brackets. The building has a mix of partly boarded and partly plaster infilling, with modern shingle gable ends and a brick and stone plinth. Dragon beams are present at all four corners, and there is an extension to the west that is in keeping with the original structure. The Old Guildhouse is part of a group that includes Wall Cottage, Nos 1 to 3 (consecutive), the Archway, the Old Guildhouse itself, and the Post Office and Retaining Wall.
Local climate
The Old Guildhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Archway Connecting No3 and the Old Guildhouse
- Retaining Wall in Front of the Square
- Wall Cottage
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Wall Running South South East from Southern Tip of Penshurst Place and Returning Eastward
- Gatehouse and Gateway Leading to Penshurst Place and Also to Well Place
- The Rectory
- Wall Running South South East from Gatehouse to River
- Rectory Cottages
- The Leicester Arms Hotel