Lavender Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1982. Residential building.
Lavender Bank
- WRENN ID
- still-finial-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1982
- Type
- Residential building
- Address
- Lavender Bank, 1 and 2, Beesfield Lane, Farningham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 550 665
- Coordinates
- 51.37711, 0.22678
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lavender Bank is a building that dates back to 1722, featuring the initials I.S. and T.S. While the most visible parts of the structure are from the early 19th century, some interior elements may be older. Significant modifications occurred around 1900. The end elevations showcase original work with red brick and grey headers, and the building stands two storeys high with attics. It has four windows and three gables, two of which contain attic windows. The ground floor features one bay and casement windows with elaborate latticed panes. The main front has been refaced with cement and includes four windows, two gabled dormers with early 19th-century latticed panes, and two bays on the ground floor similar to those on the end elevations. These bays have been connected by a verandah with similar windows and gabled porches, likely added around 1900. Inside, there is a curved early 19th-century staircase.
Local climate
Lavender Bank 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2024
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