Upper Pryors is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. House.
Upper Pryors
- WRENN ID
- solemn-buttress-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Upper Pryors, Butterwell Hill, Cowden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 469 411
- Coordinates
- 51.15064, 0.09936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper Pryors is a 16th century or earlier timber-framed house that stands two storeys high and features four irregularly placed windows. The building has a high-pitched tiled roof topped with a tall compound ridge stack. The first floor displays exposed square framing with plaster filling, while the ground floor is made of brick from various periods. Most of the windows are small modern casements, many of which have diamond leaded panes. At the rear, there are two gabled wings, with the left wing likely dating from the 17th century but featuring a 19th century Gothic window. The right return of the ground floor shows exposed framing with brick filling, supported by a stone and brick foundation. Inside, the house reveals much exposed timber and an inglenook fireplace with stone jambs.
Local climate
Upper Pryors 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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