Castle Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. House.
Castle Bank
- WRENN ID
- sombre-jamb-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Castle Bank, High Street, Kemsing
- OS grid reference
- TQ 554 587
- Coordinates
- 51.3063, 0.22931
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Castle Bank is a restored house from the 16th century or earlier, likely originally a hall. It was once divided into three cottages. The building has two storeys and features five irregularly placed windows. The hipped tiled roof has a central chimney stack and a later external brick stack facing the road. The first floor is tile hung, while the ground floor is made of brick with a stone plinth. There are small modern leaded casement windows, and the entrance door is located under a flat hood supported by carved brackets in the style of the 17th century. On the right side, some visible timber framing with plaster filling can be seen, along with a massive end chimney that has a rubble stone base. The rear extensions are constructed of flint rubble with tile hanging above. Castle Bank is part of a group that includes Rose Cottage, The Well Cottage, and Fairway.
Local climate
Castle Bank 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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