Ivy Farmhouse (Now Part of A Des Establishment) 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.
Ivy Farmhouse (Now Part of A Des Establishment)
- WRENN ID
- dim-jamb-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ivy Farmhouse (Now Part of A Des Establishment), Knockholt Main Road, TN14 7LE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 479 594
- Coordinates
- 51.31458, 0.12194
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ivy Farmhouse, now incorporated into a DES establishment, is a 17th-century or earlier timber-framed house with subsequent alterations and additions. It is two storeys high. The windows are irregular, with four on the first floor and five on the ground floor. The roof is steeply pitched and tiled, with a half-hip to the right, and a rebuilt, off-centre chimney stack. The first floor is tile hung, while the ground floor is painted brick with a plinth. The casement windows have been replaced. An entrance is located on the right return, where a modern, three-bay extension in a similar style is visible. The interior retains numerous exposed posts and beams.
Local climate
Ivy Farmhouse (Now Part of A Des Establishment) receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1998
- 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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