The Old Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1982. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Farmhouse

WRENN ID
vast-forge-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1982
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Old Farmhouse, 1, 2 and 3, College Road, Hextable, BR8 7LT
OS grid reference
TQ 514 700
Coordinates
51.40937, 0.17614
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Farmhouse is a mid to late 18th-century building. It is two storeys and attics in height, with a stuccoed exterior and a modern tiled roof. The gables have kneelers, and there is an eaves cornice. The front has three bays, including two canted bays of three windows each on both floors, with intact glazing bars. A doorcase features a flat wooden hood supported by brackets. A 19th-century gabled addition is situated to the south-west.

Local climate

The Old Farmhouse 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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  • Sale history — 19 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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