Former Threshing Barn to South West of Little Bettsoms Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Threshing barn.

Former Threshing Barn to South West of Little Bettsoms Hill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sheer-passage-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1975
Type
Threshing barn
Address
Former Threshing Barn to South West of Little Bettsoms Hill Farmhouse, Westerham Hill
OS grid reference
TQ 430 562
Coordinates
51.28779, 0.05055
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former threshing barn located to the south-west of Little Bettsoms Hill Farmhouse is an 18th-century building constructed with a timber frame and covered in weatherboarding. It features a fairly high-pitched hipped roof made of large slates that extend down to low eaves. The barn has a central passage flanked by hipped gabled porch roofs that have a higher eaves level. It consists of five bays with an aisle surrounding the structure. Inside, arch-braced tie beams support near-V-struts that connect to the principal rafter, with butt purlins positioned at various levels.

Local climate

Former Threshing Barn to South West of Little Bettsoms Hill Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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