Bullpits is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Hall house. 3 related planning applications.
Bullpits
- WRENN ID
- half-latch-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Hall house
- Address
- Bullpits, Smarts Hill, Penshurst, TN11 8EB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 522 424
- Coordinates
- 51.16122, 0.17572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bullpits is a small hall house, likely dating from the 15th century, with later alterations and refacing. The east-facing front has two storeys and an attic, with two windows. The original hall is located at the right-hand end of the building. A pent dormer sits under the gable of the original, long-hipped roof. The first floor is tile-hung, while the ground floor is brick. The windows are mostly 19th-century one-bar casements and modern leaded casements. A modern gabled porch has been added to the left, alongside a single-storey extension. The right-hand return side reveals the length of the hall, with a ridge chimney stack. The ground floor has three windows, irregularly spaced and brick-faced; the first floor is rendered and blank, with a modern square bay on the right. At the rear of the house, some exposed timber framing is visible. Internally, much of the original timberwork remains, including heavy arched tie beams with long braces, a complete carved crown post, and an inglenook fireplace.
Local climate
Bullpits 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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