8, Amherst Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. A C17 House. 4 related planning applications.

8, Amherst Hill

WRENN ID
eastward-wattle-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
8, Amherst Hill, Riverhead, TN13 2EL
OS grid reference
TQ 515 559
Coordinates
51.28286, 0.17133
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 8, Amherst Hill, likely dates to the 17th century or earlier. It is a two-storey building with a tiled gable on its right side. The ground floor features a mix of painted brick and stone, while the first floor has painted plaster with tile hanging extending to the right, beneath the gable. A modern, tiled hood projects over the centrally located panelled doorway. There are two casement windows on the ground floor, and one casement window on the first floor to the right. A brick chimney stack is shared with the adjacent No. 6.

Local climate

8, Amherst Hill 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2004
  • 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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