Fernwood is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1982. House.

Fernwood

WRENN ID
tangled-latch-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1982
Type
House
Address
Fernwood, High Street, Farningham
OS grid reference
TQ 544 671
Coordinates
51.38231, 0.21823
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fernwood is an 18th-century building located on the north-east side of Farningham High Street. It consists of two parallel ranges and is two storeys high, finished in stucco. The roof is tiled and features two hipped dormers. There are two sash windows on the façade. An early 19th-century extension includes a porch on the side, and there is a pedimented doorcase in the side elevation.

Local climate

Fernwood 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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