The Water Mill is a Grade II* listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1952. A C18 Water mill. 1 related planning application.

The Water Mill

WRENN ID
endless-iron-harvest
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 August 1952
Type
Water mill
Address
The Water Mill, High Street, Farningham, DA4 0DG
OS grid reference
TQ 545 670
Coordinates
51.38109, 0.2188
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A water mill, dating to circa 1790, with earlier origins mentioned in the Domesday Book. The mill was noted by the county historian Hasted in his History of Kent (written between 1778 and 1799). The building is three storeys high with attics, and is faced with weatherboarding. A Mansard slate roof is topped by stone eagle figures flanking the gable end. A projecting hoist is situated within the gable, which also contains an ogee-headed attic window. There are three sash windows with intact glazing bars. A round-headed doorway with a semi-circular fanlight is located in the north-east corner, while a painted, imitation doorway has been added to the north-west corner to create a visual balance.

Local climate

The Water Mill 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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