Carthorse Stable at Rumshed Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1990. Stable. 2 related planning applications.
Carthorse Stable at Rumshed Farm
- WRENN ID
- third-cloister-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1990
- Type
- Stable
- Address
- Carthorse Stable at Rumshed Farm, Hildenborough, Tonbridge and Malling, TN15 0SD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 551 517
- Coordinates
- 51.24411, 0.221
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The carthorse stable at Rumshed Farm, dating from around the mid-19th century, features framed construction clad with weatherboarding and a peg-tile roof. It has a simple rectangular plan oriented west to east, facing north. The west end wall has been rebuilt using concrete blocks.
This single-storey stable includes four stable doors on the front (north side) and a centrally located window. The roof is half-hipped at both ends.
Inside, the original stall partitions remain, with the names of the horses—Prince, Duke, Darling, Dolly, and others—painted on the matchboarded rear wall.
The roof structure consists of jowelled wall posts supporting a clasped purlin queen post roof with a ridgeboard. Although the roof has experienced some racking, it has been repaired.
This stable is part of a well-preserved farmstead group at Rumshed Farm, which was previously known as St Julian's Farm. The boundaries of the parish and district run through the farmhouse, with part of it located in Sevenoaks parish.
Local climate
Carthorse Stable at Rumshed Farm receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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