Finches is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. House. 2 related planning applications.
Finches
- WRENN ID
- under-footing-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Finches, Penshurst, TN8 7DJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 507 417
- Coordinates
- 51.15497, 0.15417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Finches is a timber-framed house, likely dating from the 16th century, with a 17th-century lean-to addition at the back. The building has two storeys and three irregularly placed windows. It features a high-pitched tiled roof that is half hipped on the left side, topped with a striking tall chimney stack made of old bricks. The first floor is weatherboarded, while the ground floor is constructed of modern brick. The windows are a mix of 19th-century and modern casements. The chimney was built around 1600, and the upper part of the house has been raised by approximately 6 feet at the eaves level, possibly during the same period or later. The side butt purlin roof suggests a later date for some of the construction.
Local climate
Finches 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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