Walnut Tree Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Walnut Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
watchful-moat-pine
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Period
Medieval
Address
Walnut Tree Cottage, Kemsing, TN15 6NF
OS grid reference
TQ 570 587
Coordinates
51.30636, 0.25219
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Walnut Tree Cottage is a Grade II* listed building located in Kemsing, dating back to the medieval period. The southern part of the cottage features a medieval hall beneath a large hipped gabled tiled roof, with an old brick chimney rising through it. This section is one storey high and has two dormers resting on the wall plate. The structure is timber framed, with the left side encased in coursed rubble masonry with brick dressings, while the right side is finished in 19th-century brickwork. The northern part, likely from the 16th century, is positioned at right angles and consists of two storeys with three windows. It has a high-pitched hipped tiled roof with a central stack and features casement windows, along with another chimney at the end.

Local climate

Walnut Tree Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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