Forge House Tea Rooms is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1973. Teahouse. 4 related planning applications.
Forge House Tea Rooms
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-loggia-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1973
- Type
- Teahouse
- Address
- Forge House Tea Rooms, 30-34, High Street, Otford, TN14 5PQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 526 593
- Coordinates
- 51.31307, 0.18918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge House Tea Rooms is a long, irregular building that has been restored and dates back to the 16th century or earlier. It features a high-pitched tiled roof with a ridge stack that has rebated angles. The structure is one storey tall and has three half dormers. The upper part of the building is tile hung, while the lower part is rendered. The windows are modern leaded casements. This building may have originally been a hall house.
Local climate
Forge House Tea Rooms receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 1 transaction since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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