Stones Stores, Foster House is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Store. 1 related planning application.
Stones Stores, Foster House
- WRENN ID
- mired-trefoil-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Store
- Address
- Stones Stores, Foster House, High Street, Kemsing, TN15 6NB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 555 586
- Coordinates
- 51.30573, 0.23001
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stones Stores, also known as Foster House, is a timber-framed building dating from the 17th century or early 18th century, with a later rendered front. It stands two storeys high and features two windows. The roof is tiled and has an end chimney. On the first floor, there are sash windows with glazing bars set in exposed frames. The ground floor has two late 19th-century canted bay shop windows. A sign board spans the front of the building, resting on the bays, with a door located in the centre.
Local climate
Stones Stores, Foster 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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