Barn at Somerden Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1985. Barn. 2 related planning applications.

Barn at Somerden Farm

WRENN ID
tilted-moat-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 August 1985
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Somerden Farm, Chiddingstone, TN8 7AJ
OS grid reference
TQ 501 469
Coordinates
51.20181, 0.14815
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a single barn, likely dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, and perhaps earlier. It is composed of two structures built side-by-side. The barn is timber-framed and clad with weatherboarding, topped with a clay tile roof held in place by pegs. A single-story lean-to addition extends from the yard side, featuring a timber-framed wagon entry with a hipped clay tile roof. Inside the barn, the roof is of queen strut form, with arched tie beam braces, windbraces, and braces supporting the wall framing. The barn contributes to the group value of the wider Somerden Farm complex, which includes oast houses.

Local climate

Barn at Somerden Farm receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2014
  • 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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