Former Oasthouse and Stabling of Chittenden House is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. Stabling, oasthouse.

Former Oasthouse and Stabling of Chittenden House

WRENN ID
vacant-steeple-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Type
Stabling, oasthouse
Address
Former Oasthouse and Stabling of Chittenden House, Hever
OS grid reference
TQ 481 492
Coordinates
51.2233, 0.11983
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former oasthouse and stabling of Chittenden House is an 18th-century building with an oasthouse added in the early 19th century. The rear wall was rebuilt in the later 19th century. It is constructed of ragstone, brick, and weatherboarding, topped with a tiled roof. The front features a ragstone base with 18th-century brick dressings and weatherboarding above. There are three 19th-century louvred openings on the first floor, while the ground floor has two later casement windows and two stable doors. The rear elevation has a brick ground floor in English bond. The right side elevation displays a weatherboarded gable with a loading door and door holes, and the left side is entirely made of ragstone to protect against the prevailing wind. The attached oasthouse is a cylindrical brick structure built in Sussex bond, featuring a conical tiled roof, although the cowl and fantail were missing at the time of the survey. Inside, the roof consists of eight bays with a Queen post, through purlins, and a ridge piece in part. The first floor contains 19th-century grain bins, while the ground floor has four stalls that still have wooden partitions, a brick floor, and wooden hooks. The adjoining room was likely used as a tack room.

Local climate

Former Oasthouse and Stabling of Chittenden House 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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