Farningham House Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. A C18 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Farningham House Cottage

WRENN ID
riven-lead-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 June 1967
Type
Cottage
Address
Farningham House Cottage, High Street, DA4 0DH
OS grid reference
TQ 548 668
Coordinates
51.37967, 0.22325
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Farningham House Cottage is an 18th-century building located on the north-east side of Farningham High Street. It is constructed of red brick and features a tiled roof. The cottage has two sash windows with intact glazing bars and a doorcase that includes a six-panelled door, with the top two panels cut away and glazed. Inside, there is a contemporary fireplace with a panelled overmantel.

Local climate

Farningham House Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 4 transactions since 1996
  • 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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