The Box House is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. House. 14 related planning applications.
The Box House
- WRENN ID
- tilted-hinge-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Box House, St Edith's Road, Kemsing, TN15 6PT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 554 586
- Coordinates
- 51.30607, 0.22875
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Box House is a large private house originally known as a nunnery, located on St Edith's Road in Kemsing. It dates back to the 16th century, with 18th and 19th century additions and modern restorations. The building features two gable ends adorned with ornamental bargeboards, and the left gable end has tile hanging, all connected by a complex ridge tile roof. The left side has a stone plinth with brick and rendering above, decorated with incised ornament that resembles rustication. The right side is made of white painted brick with a modern replica restoration and half-timbering. While most windows are modern, there are three original mullioned windows located in the center. The house faces the Village Green.
Local climate
The Box House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 14 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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